esé

• ecé (obsolete)

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-et͡se (“about”), from Proto-Tupian *et͡se (“postposition”).^[1]

Cognate with Guaraní rehe.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: e‧sé

esé (pluriform, R1 resé, R2 sesé)

1. (sometimes with -sab) because; because of

   Synonyms: ri, -reme, suí

2. alongside; with (in the company of)

   Synonym: irũnamo

3. about
   • 2005, Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, Método Moderno de Tupi Antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos, 3 edition, São Paulo: Global Editora, →ISBN, page 136:

     Xe sy gûé, takûakysetyba pupé Kurupira asepîak. Nd'akeri xûé korine. Xe ma'enduar seséne.

     O my mother, I saw Kurupira in the canebrake. I won't sleep today. I'm going to remember about him.

4. (sometimes with -sab) in order to; so as to; to
   • 2005, Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, Método Moderno de Tupi Antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos, 3 edition, São Paulo: Global Editora, →ISBN, page 134:

     Kunumĩ tatu îukarama resé ka'ape osó.

     The boy goes to the forest in order to kill an armadillo.

5. in the person of
6. against (contrary to; in conflict with)
7. as for
8. on the heels of
9. (indicating time) in; at
10. (indicating placement, also figurative) on
    • c. 1628, Luís Figueira, “Da collocaçaõ das partes da oraçaõ entre ſi.”, in Arte da lingua Braſilica [Art of the Brasílica Language]‎ (overall work in Portuguese), Lisbon: Manuel da Silva, page 60v:

      Tupana rece aicó […]

      [Tupana resé aîkó […] ]

      On God I live.

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2005) chapter 10, in Método Moderno de Tupi Antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos [Modern method of Old Tupi: the language of Brazil's early centuries]‎ (in Portuguese), 3 edition, São Paulo: Global Editora, →ISBN, As posposições pluriformes, pages 140–141
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “esé”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 120–121, columns 1–2