-e'ym

Old Tupi

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-eʔɨm, from Proto-Tupian *-eʔɨm.[1]

-e'ym

-less; -free; added to a noun, a verbal noun or an adjective to indicate a lack or deprivation of that thing

The suffix is usually found in the form -e'yma, as most of the words formed by it are nouns.

Old Tupi terms suffixed with -e'ym

Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2005) chapter 11, in Método Moderno de Tupi Antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos‎ (in Portuguese), 3 edition, São Paulo: Global Editora, →ISBN, O sufixo -E'YM com idéia de privação, pages 152–153, line 214
Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “-e'ym”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 124, column 2

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