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

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

musapiri-pú-mukũi (Nheengatu): seventeen

Definitions

  1. seventeen

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

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

via Nheengatu musapiri-pú

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nheengatumusapiri-púfifteen
2Nheengatupúhand
3Old Tupipóhand
4Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
5Proto-Tupian*pohand

via Nheengatu yepé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nheengatuyepéone
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