asy

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Malagasy

Noun

asy

  1. (dialectal, Tankarana, Taisaka) respect, veneration

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tat͡sɨ (“to hurt, pain”), from Proto-Tupian *(j)atɨ (“to hurt, pain”).

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní axy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈsɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Hyphenation: a‧sy

Adjective

asy (IIa class pluriform, R1 rasy, R2 sasy)

  1. aching; pained
  2. painful
  3. arduous
  4. suffering
  5. bad; evil

Adverb

asy

  1. painfully
  2. (figurative) too, overly

Noun

asy (IIa class pluriform, absolute tasy, R1 rasy, R2 sasy) (possessable)

  1. pain (ache or bodily suffering)
  2. illness; affliction
  3. suffering
  4. evil
  5. problem
    Na sasyî ― No problem

References

  1. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

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