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Old Tupi
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
Particle
gûym
- (used with the verb 'e) to leave quickly, flying, buzzing (literally, “to make a whoosh sound”)
- Gûym a'é nhẽ.[1] ― I left in a hurry. (literally, “I made a whoosh sound.”)
References
- ^ Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, page 187