nheengatú

== Nheengatu == === Alternative forms === nheẽgatu, nheengatu, nyenngatú, yẽgatú === Etymology === Inherited from Língua Geral Amazônica nhe'engatu, from nhe'eng + katu. First attested in 1853. Doublet of nheenga-katú. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɲeẽɡaˈtu/ (Rio Negro) IPA(key): [ɲe.ʔẽ.ɡaˈtu] (São Gabriel da Cachoeira, some speakers) IPA(key): [ɲẽ.ɡaˈtu] Rhymes: -u === Noun === nheengatú (plural nheengatú-itá) (uncountable) Nheengatu Synonyms: nheenga-katú, tapuya-nheenga (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) Nheengatu speaker ==== Descendants ==== → Portuguese: nheengatu, nhengatu→ English: Nheengatu === References === Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “nheengatú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 569