Where does “irundí-pú” come from?

irundí-pú (Nheengatu) comes from Nheengatu pú, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.

irundí-pú (Nheengatu): twenty

Definitions

  1. twenty

Ancestry of “irundí-pú”, step by step

irundí-pú traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Nheengatu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nheengatuhand
2Old Tupihand
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
4Proto-Tupian*pohand

via Nheengatu irundí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nheengatuirundífour

Words derived from “irundí-pú

Every word from Proto-Tupian *po