Where does “nhe'enga” come from?

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

nhe'enga (Old Tupi): language

Definitions

  1. language

Ancestry of “nhe'enga”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nhe'enga

Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβEvery word from Old Tupi -a