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Kui

Kui

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "kui"

English

Proper noun

Kui

A Dravidian language spoken by the Khonds, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.

Hunsrik

Etymology

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Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kuj

Proto-Tupian *-ap

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?

Old Tupi -a

Old Tupi kuîabor.

Brazilian Portuguese cuiabor.

Hunsrik Kui

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese cuia.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkʰuɪ̯/
Rhymes: -uɪ̯
Syllabification: Kui

Noun

Kui f (plural Kuie, diminutive Kuiche)

calabash; gourd (dried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit)
Synonym: Prunkel
maté (container used to prepare maté)
Synonym: Prunkel

References

^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Kui”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 99, column 1