'ekatu

== Old Tupi == === Etymology === From 'e (“to say”) +‎ katu (“good, well”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ʔɛ.kaˈtu] Rhymes: -u Hyphenation: 'e‧ka‧tu === Verb === 'ekatu can (be permitted or enabled to) [with gerund] can (to know how to) [with gerund] to have a way with [with esé] to be worthy of [with esé] === References === Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “'ikatu / 'ekatu”, 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 181, column 2