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# [[woman]], especially an [[indigenous]] woman from the [[Americas]]

 

# [[woman]], especially an [[indigenous]] woman from the [[Americas]]

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#* '''XVI century''', Anchieta, ''Poesias tupis'' (São Paulo, 1941):

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#*: Amó '''kunhã''' suí i mo-ingó-é-bo.

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#*:: He made a woman different from any other.

 

# any [[female]], including animals

 

# any [[female]], including animals

   

Latest revision as of 00:04, 29 September 2013

Old Tupi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kunhã

  1. woman, especially an indigenous woman from the Americas
    • XVI century, Anchieta, Poesias tupis (São Paulo, 1941):
      Amó kunhã suí i mo-ingó-é-bo.
      He made a woman different from any other.
  2. any female, including animals

Adjective[edit]

kunhã

  1. female

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Tupinambá[edit]

Noun[edit]

kunhã

  1. woman