apó

Old Tupi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈpɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Hyphenation: a‧pó

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tapo, from Proto-Tupian *ja(-)po.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní tapo.

Noun

apó (IIe class pluriform, absolute sapó, R1 rapó, R2 sapó) (possessable)

  1. root (part of a plant that anchors and supports the plant body)
Descendants
  • Nheengatu: apú

Adjective

apó (IIe class pluriform, R1 rapó, R2 sapó)

  1. rooted (having roots)
  2. rooted (fixed in place by roots)

Verb

apó (2nd class)

  1. to root (to grow roots)

Determiner

apó

  1. that

Pronoun

apó

  1. that

Etymology 3

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tapo.[2]

Verb

apó (transitive)

  1. to do
  2. to make
    Synonym: monhang
  3. to transform
  4. to arrange; to organize

Noun

apó (possessable)

  1. thickness

Adjective

apó

  1. thick
  2. full
Descendants

References
  1. Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
  2. Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000-03-17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, archived from the original on 2023-09-05

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