îy

See also: iy, ıy, and -iy

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈjɨ]
Rhymes: -ɨ
Hyphenation: îy

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jɨ (“axe”), from Proto-Tupian *wɨ (“axe”).[1]

Noun

îy (possessable)

stone axe (tool for felling trees or chopping wood)
Coordinate term: îykûara (“steel axe”)
tool (any piece of equipment used in a profession or to make a task easier)

Derived terms

îy'yba
îyapara
îyatĩmuku
îygûaîa
îykûara
îykûasokaba
îymonhangaba
îynambikûara
îyoby
îypytym
îytaka

Descendants

Nheengatu: jí

Noun

îy (possessable)

(North Tupi) Alternative form of 'y

References

Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 567

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îy”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 203, column 1

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