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

irundí-pú-mukũi (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-mukũi (Nheengatu): twenty-two

Definitions

  1. twenty-two

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

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

via Nheengatu irundí-pú

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

via Nheengatu mukũi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nheengatumukũitwo
Every word from Proto-Tupian *po