yukwakú

• IPA^(key): /ju.kwaˈku/, [ju.kʷaˈku]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: yu‧kwa‧kú

Inherited from Old Tupi îekuakub.

yukwakú

1. to lie in (to stay in postpartum confinement)
2. to fast (to to abstain from food)

Inherited from Old Tupi îekuakuba.

yukwakú (plural yukwakú-itá)

1. lying-in (period of postpartum confinement)

   Synonym: yukwakusawa

2. fasting (abstinence from food)

   Synonym: yukwakusawa

3. (broadly) abstinence
4. Friday

• (days of the week) murakí ara; mituú,‎ murakipí,‎ murakimukũi,‎ murakimusapiri,‎ supapawa,‎ yukwakú,‎ saurú ^{(Category: yrl:Days of the week) [edit]}

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “yukwakú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 888