Where does “cuia” come from?

cuia (Portuguese) comes from Old Tupi kuîa, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.

cuia (Portuguese): calabash; a vessel, traditionally made from the...

Definitions

  1. calabash; a vessel, traditionally made from the...

Ancestry of “cuia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupikuîacalabash
2Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
3Old Tupihand
4Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
5Proto-Tupian*pohand

Words derived from “cuia

Every word from Proto-Tupian *poEvery word from Old Tupi -aEvery word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po
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