sepetu

== Old Tupi == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese espeto. Compare the obviously unrelated Portuguese sinuca, borrowed from English snooker. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sepeˈtu/ Rhymes: -u === Noun === sepetu (possessable) (Língua Geral Amazônica) skewer, spit (long pin used to secure food during cooking) Synonym: mixysaba ==== Descendants ==== Nheengatu: sepetú === References === Arronches, João de (1739), “espeto”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi [The language's notebook or Portuguese-Tupi vocabulary]”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI, São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 177: “cepetú” anonymous author (1750), “Espeto”, in “Diccionario da Lingua geral do Brazil [Dictionary of the general language of Brazil]”, in Grãmatica da Lingua geral do Brazil [Grammar of the general language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese and Língua Geral Amazônica), Pará, page 293; published as Bruna Trindade Gomes Carneiro, editor, Um códice em língua geral [A codex in general language], Feira de Santana: UEFS, 2024, page 614: “cepetú” Frei Onofre (1751), “Espeto”, in José Mariano da Conceição Velloso, editor, Dicionario portuguez, e brasiliano [Brazilian and Portuguese dictionary] (overall work in Língua Geral Amazônica and Portuguese), Lisbon: Officina Patriarcal, published 1795, page 37, column 2: “Cepetû” == Swahili == === Etymology === Borrowed from English spade. === Pronunciation === (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /sɛˈpɛ.tu/ === Noun === sepetu class IX (plural sepetu class X) spade, shovel === References ===