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Old Tupi has many different terms for naming family members, as it follows a distinct system that considers the relative's age, if they are paternal or maternal and both the gender of them and the person they are related to. Such pattern is also common in other South American languages, like Guaraní.
Terms that take father and mother into account[note 1]
| Relative
|
uba (“father”)
|
sy (“mother”)
|
| Father
|
amỹîa (“grandfather”)
|
| Mother
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aryîa (“grandmother”)
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| Brother
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uba (“paternal uncle”)
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tutyra (“maternal uncle”)
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| Sister
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aîxé (“paternal aunt”)
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sy'yra (“maternal aunt”)
|
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Old Tupi uses the same terms for both siblings and cousins.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Reconstruction based on known patterns.
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