emirekó

== Old Tupi == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *embireko. By surface analysis, mi- (“prefix that forms passive verbal derivatives”) +‎ erekó (“to make be with oneself, to have”), literally “what someone makes be with oneself”. Doublet of mierekó. Cognate with Paraguayan Guarani embireko. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɛ̃.mi.ɾɛ.ˈkɔ] Rhymes: -ɔ Hyphenation: e‧mi‧re‧kó === Noun === emirekó (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute temirekó, R1 remirekó, R2 semirekó) wife Synonym: aty ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Nheengatu: imirikú === Verb === emirekó (2nd class) to have wife === References === anonymous author (1622), “Molher. Uxor”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 40: “Temireco [Temirekó]”