îasy
Old Tupi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jaˈsɨ/, [ʝaˈsɨ]
- Rhymes: -ɨ
- Hyphenation: îa‧sy
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jat͡sɨ, from Proto-Tupian *watɨ.[1]
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní jaxy and Paraguayan Guaraní jasy.
Noun
îasy (unpossessable)
- Moon (natural satellite of the Earth)
- month (period into which a year is divided)
- starfish
- Synonyms: îasytatá, îasytatagûasu
Derived terms
- îasya'yra
- îasyangaîbara
- îasyendy
- îasyobagûasu
- îasysemano
- îasytatá
Descendants
- Nheengatu: yasí
Etymology 2
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Descendants
- → Portuguese: jaci
References
Etymology
- Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îasy”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 163, column 2
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