putuna

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• pytuna, pyxuna

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtun (“night, darkness”).^[1]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní pytũ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈtũ.na/
• Rhymes: -ũna
• Hyphenation: pu‧tu‧na

Noun

putuna (possessable)

1. night

   Tiá nde putuna ― Good night

2. darkness

See also

• (times of day) 'ara pesembûera; ko'emytanga, ko'ema, asaîé/'araybysokeme, karuka, karukypy, putuna, karupysaîé, pysaîé, pysaîe'ĩ ^{(Category: tpw:Times of day)}

References

1. Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “putuna”, 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, pages 412–413