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Old Tupi
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amỹîa (possessable, IIb class pluriform, absolute tamỹîa, R1 ramỹîa, R2 tamỹîa, female equivalent aryîa)
- grandfather
c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. Lço ” (chapter XLIV), in , Niterói, page 142, lines 698–702; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 718:Ycaõygoaçu pipo / xeramũya jaguaruna? / eneĩ taçobeipo, / eri, auyete paco / ayeguac uinhemouna- By the way, does my grandpa Jaguaruna have much cauim? Come on! I'm gonna get drunk! Wait! Actually, I must adorn myself with black paint...
1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Preguntas ſobre o Quuarto Mandamento” (chapter V), in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica , Livro Sexto do Confessionário (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 100v, line 7:Ereyoiaipe, ereyaópe, ereyangaópe nde ruba, de cî, nde ramuya, nde ariya?- Have you befooled, dishonoured, vituperated your father, your mother, your grandfather, your grandmother?
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amỹîa (possessable, IIb class pluriform, absolute tamỹîa, R1 ramỹîa, R2 tamỹîa)
- ancestor; foreparent
1578, Jean de Léry, chapter 20, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 132:O pap cheramouyn maè pouaire aitih.- I've thrown away all my ancestors old belongings.
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