Where does “irundí-pú-irundí” come from?

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

irundí-pú-irundí (Nheengatu): twenty-four

Definitions

  1. twenty-four

Ancestry of “irundí-pú-irundí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nheengatuirundí-pútwenty
2Nheengatuhand
3Old Tupihand
4Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
5Proto-Tupian*pohand
Every word from Proto-Tupian *po
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