îy
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Old Tupi[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jɨ (“axe”), from Proto-Tupian *wɨ (“axe”).[1]
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Nheengatu: jí
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
îy (possessable)
- (North Tupi) Alternative form of 'y
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- 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
Categories:
- Old Tupi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Old Tupi/ɨ
- Rhymes:Old Tupi/ɨ/1 syllable
- Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupian
- Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupian
- Old Tupi lemmas
- Old Tupi nouns
- Old Tupi possessable nouns
- Northern Old Tupi
- tpw:Tools
- tpw:Liquids
- tpw:Matter
- tpw:Water
- tpw:Bodies of water