okena

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *okẽn, from Proto-Tupian *ekʷẽn, from *ekʷ + *en. By surface analysis, oka (“house”) +‎ ena (“mouth”).

Cognate with Guaraní okẽ (“door”), Karitiâna akãn (“village”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ˈkɛ̃.na/
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃na
• Hyphenation: o‧ke‧na

Noun

okena (possessable, IIc class pluriform, absolute okena, R1 rokena, R2 sokena)

1. lid (top or cover of a container)
2. door

   Synonyms: okendaba, teîkeaba

3. window

   Synonym: okendaba

Derived terms

• okemysá
• okendabok

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: ukena

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “okena”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 359, column 2