Where does “pú-papasawa” come from?

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

pú-papasawa (Nheengatu): five hundred

Definitions

  1. five hundred

Ancestry of “pú-papasawa”, step by step

pú-papasawa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Nheengatu pú

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

via Nheengatu papasawa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nheengatupapasawahundred
Every word from Proto-Tupian *po →