sapatu

Guaraní

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zapato (“shoe”).

Noun

sapatu

1. shoe

Mapudungun

Noun

sapatu (Raguileo spelling)

1. shoe

Synonyms

• sumel

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Old Tupi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese sapato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sa.paˈtu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: sa‧pa‧tu

Noun

sapatu (possessable)

1. (LGA) shoe

   Synonyms: pyapasaba, pyaoba

   • a. 1756, Anton Meisterburg, “Calçar o çapato”, in [Dicionário de Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Old Tupi), Baixo Xingu, Pará, page 125, line 61; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica (in Portuguese), Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI:

     amondéb […] çapatú.

     [amondeb […] sapatu.]

     I put my shoes on.

   • a. 1759, anonymous author, “Primeiro relato”, in Lida dos missionários com os sertanejos, page 107, lines 21–24; republished as Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, “A escravização dos índios num texto missionário em língua geral do século XVIII”, in Revista USP, number 78 (in Portuguese), São Paulo, 2008 August, →DOI:

     Çapatù nhó mirí çabé,
     Äé noiocýb cerecoára,
     Chapeo iapara oguereco,
     Ipòpe bastao mirí oico

     [Sapatu nhõ mirĩ sabé, / A'e noîosyb serekoara, / Chapéu i apara ogûerekó, / I pope bastão mirĩ oîkó.]

     Only small, mouldy shoes the owners don't clean. They have bent hats and have small clubs in their hands.

Descendants

• Nheengatu: sapatú

References

• Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, page 385

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀧𑀢𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• सपतु (Devanagari script)
• সপতু (Bengali script)
• සපතු (Sinhalese script)
• သပတု (Burmese script)
• สปตุ or สะปะตุ (Thai script)
• ᩈᨷᨲᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ສປຕຸ or ສະປະຕຸ (Lao script)
• សបតុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄛𑄖𑄪 (Chakma script)

Verb

sapatu

1. imperative active third-person singular of sapati (“to swear”)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese sapato and Spanish zapato and Kabuverdianu sapátu.

Noun

sapatu

1. shoe

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic سَبَّاط (sabbāṭ), compare Spanish zapato

Noun

sapatu (n class, plural sapatu)

1. sandal, slipper

Tetum

Etymology

From Portuguese sapato.

Noun

sapatu

1. shoe