Where does “yepé-papasawa” come from?

yepé-papasawa (Nheengatu) comes from Nheengatu yepé — one.

yepé-papasawa (Nheengatu): one hundred

Definitions

  1. one hundred

Ancestry of “yepé-papasawa”, step by step

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

via Nheengatu yepé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nheengatuyepéone

via Nheengatu papasawa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nheengatupapasawahundred
Every word from Nheengatu yepé
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