Where does “nhe'enge'yma” come from?

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

nhe'enge'yma (Old Tupi): mute

Definitions

  1. mute

Ancestry of “nhe'enge'yma”, step by step

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