Where does “nheenga” come from?

nheenga (Nheengatu) comes from Old Tupi nhe'enga, from Old Tupi -a, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ — instrumentalizer suffix.

nheenga (Nheengatu): word

Definitions

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Ancestry of “nheenga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupinhe'engalanguage
2Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*-aβinstrumentalizer suffix

Words derived from “nheenga”

Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ →Every word from Old Tupi -a →Every word from Old Tupi nhe'enga →