Inherited fromProto-Tupi-Guarani*akʷãj.
Cognate withMbyá Guaraníakuãĩ.
akûãîa (possessable,IIa class pluriform,absolutetakûãîa,R1rakûãîa,R2sakûãîa)
- penis
- Synonyms:seeThesaurus:akûãîa
16th century,Joseph of Anchieta, “Sextum Mandatum”, in[Doutrina Cristã]; republished as Armando Cardoso, compiler,Doutrina Cristã: Doutrina autógrafa e confessionário, volume 2, São Paulo: Loyola,1992,→ISBN,page90, line13:Erepokókpe nderakuãia resé eñemoaguyrōmo?- [Erepokokype nderakûãîa resé enhemoagûyrõmo?]
- Have you touched yourpenis arousing yourself?
- Pero de Castilho (1613), “genitale viri”, inNomes das partes do corpo humano, pella lingua do Braſil [Names of the human body parts by the language of Brazil] (in Old Tupi), volume 1; republished asPlínio Ayrosa, editor, São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais,1937,page37, line185: “Tacoaýa[Takûãîa]”
- Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “akûãîa”, inDicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global,→ISBN,page25, column 2
