a'y

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ay"

Cornish

Etymology 1

Contraction of a +‎ y.

Contraction

a'y (triggers soft mutation)

  1. contraction of a and y (“his”)

Etymology 2

Contraction of a +‎ hy.

Contraction

a'y (triggers aspirate mutation)

  1. contraction of a and hy (“her”)

Mbyá Guaraní

Noun

a'y (non-possessed form ta'y)

  1. son (said by a man)

Conjugation

    Possessed forms of a'y
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person
inclusive 		1st person
exclusive 		2nd person 3rd person
xera'y ndera'y ha'y nhandera'y orera'y pendera'y ha'y

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings 
Thevet (1575) haüt
Léry (1578) hay
VLB (1622) aig
Marcgrave (1648) ai

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aʔɨ, from Proto-Tupian *aʔi. Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní a'i.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    a'y (unpossessable)

    1. brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
      • ; o qual é felpudo como cão d’agua, e do mesmo tamanho; e tem a cor cinzenta, os braços e pernas grandes, com pouca carne, e muita lã; tem as unhas como cão e muito voltadas; a cabeça como gato, mas coberta de gadelhas que lhe cobrem os olhos; os dentes como gato.
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  • , Rerum Naturalium Historiae, book VI, chapter I (in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 221:
    AI Braſilienſibus, Lufitanis Priguiza, Noſtratibus Luyaert / id eſt, Ignavus: animal magnitudine mediocris Vulpis noſtratis
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    • Usage notes

    Both Navarro and Papavero & Teixeira identify the species as Bradypus tridactylus, whose range is restricted to Northern Amazon. It's much more likely that contemporary writers described the Bradypus variegatus, found in practically all the Tupi-speaking area.

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: aí
    • → Brazilian Portuguese: aí, aígue
      • → English: ai

    References

    1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “a'y”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 74, column 2
    2. ^ Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 257
    • André Thevet (1557–1558) chapter 52, in Les singularitez de la France Antarctique (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Maurice de La Porte, page 99: “Haüt ”
    • André Thevet (1575) chapter XIII, in La Coſmographie Vniuerſelle d'André Theuet , volume II (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Guillaume Chaudiere, page 940v: “Haüt ”
    • Jean de Léry (1578) chapter X, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 165: “Hay ”
    • anonymous author (1622) “Perguissa, pello animal assi chamado ”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 73: “Aig ”
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