yukwakú

== Nheengatu == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ju.kwaˈku/, [ju.kʷaˈku] Rhymes: -u Hyphenation: yu‧kwa‧kú === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Tupi îekuakub. ==== Verb ==== yukwakú to lie in (to stay in postpartum confinement) to fast (to to abstain from food) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old Tupi îekuakuba. ==== Noun ==== yukwakú (plural yukwakú-itá) lying-in (period of postpartum confinement) Synonym: yukwakusawa fasting (abstinence from food) Synonym: yukwakusawa (loosely) abstinence Friday ===== Related terms ===== ==== See also ==== days of the week: murakí ara-itá (appendix): mituú · murakipí · murakimukũi · murakimusapiri · supapawa · yukwakú · saurú [edit] === References === Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “yukwakú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 888