opy

Guaraní

FWOTD – 22 October 2012

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈpɨ/

Noun

opy (diminutive opy’i)

1. in Guaraní religion, a small chapel for praying
   • 2007, Juçara Elza Hennerich, Mário Tupã Lopes, Olhares de guarani para guarani, Gráfica UNICENTRO, →ISBN, page 101:

     Opy ma ojejapo yvy ra’gui, takua, yvygui, kapi’i gui.

     (The) chapel is made of wood, bamboo, clay and satintail.