Where does “sapukaîa” come from?

sapukaîa (Old Tupi) comes from Old Tupi gûyrasapukaîa, from Old Tupi -a, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ — instrumentalizer suffix.

sapukaîa (Old Tupi): sapucaia (Lecythis pisonis)

Definitions

  1. sapucaia (Lecythis pisonis)

Ancestry of “sapukaîa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupigûyrasapukaîarooster; hen (Gallus gallus domesticus)
2Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*-aβinstrumentalizer suffix

Words derived from “sapukaîa”

Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ →Every word from Old Tupi -a →Every word from Old Tupi gûyrasapukaîa →