Where does “nheenga-rirú” come from?

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

nheenga-rirú (Nheengatu): dictionary

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Ancestry of “nheenga-rirú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nheengatunheengaword
2Old Tupinhe'engalanguage
3Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
4Proto-Tupi-Guarani*-aβinstrumentalizer suffix
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ →Every word from Old Tupi -a →Every word from Old Tupi nhe'enga →