tupauku
Nheengatu
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Inherited from Old Tupi tupãoka, by surface analysis, Tupã (“God”) + uka (“house”).[1] Piecewise doublet of tupana-ruka.
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edittupauku (plural tupauku-itá)
- (Christianity) church; chapel
- Synonym: tupana-ruka
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- Nheengatu terms derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Nheengatu terms derived from Old Tupi
- Nheengatu terms derived from Proto-Tupian
- Nheengatu terms inherited from Old Tupi
- Nheengatu compound terms
- Nheengatu piecewise doublets
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- Rhymes:Nheengatu/uku
- Rhymes:Nheengatu/uku/3 syllables
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- Nheengatu nouns
- yrl:Christianity
- yrl:Buildings
- yrl:Places of worship