nhe'eng

• IPA^(key): [ɲɛˈʔɛ̃ŋ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃ŋ
• Hyphenation: nhe‧'eng

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jeʔeŋ (“to speak”), from Proto-Tupian *weʔeŋ (“to speak”).^[1]

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní ñe'ẽ.

nhe'eng (first-person singular active indicative anhe'eng, first-person singular negative active indicative n'anhe'engi, noun nhe'enga) (intransitive)

1. to speak; to talk [with supé ‘to someone’]

   Peró supé oronhe'eng.

   We talked to the Portuguese.

2. to answer; to reply [with supé ‘to someone’]
3. to have an issue, matter [with supé ‘with someone’]

   Synonym: poepyk

4. to salute; to greet [with supé ‘to someone’]
5. to intercede (to plead on someone else's behalf) [with esé ‘for someone’]
6. to buzz
7. (of animals) to cry

• Nheengatu: nheẽ
• →? Portuguese: nhenhenhém, nhe-nhe-nhem

Back-formation from nhe'enga (“speech”).

nhe'eng

1. speaking (having the ability of speech)

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2005) Método Moderno de Tupi Antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos‎^[1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, São Paulo: Global Editora, →ISBN
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nhe'eng”, in Dicionário 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, page 337, column 1
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nhe'enga”, in Dicionário 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, page 337