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'apiku'i

Old Tupi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔapikuʔi. By surface analysis, 'a (“head”) +‎ pira (“skin”) +‎ ku'i (“flour”).[1]

Cognate with Guaraní apiku'i.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔa.pi.kuˈʔi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: 'a‧pi‧ku‧'i

Noun

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'apiku'i (possessable)

  1. dandruff

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'apiku'i”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 47, column 2
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