ixé

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See also: ixe

French

Participle

ixé (feminine ixée, masculine plural ixés, feminine plural ixées)

  1. past participle of ixer

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi ixé, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *it͡ʃe

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: i‧xé

Pronoun

ixé

  1. (first-class) first-person singular personal pronoun (I, me)
    Ixé mira. Ixé asasá puranga.
    I am a person. I do well.
    Aé uputari uyuká ixé.
    He wants to kill me.
    Aé umeẽ manungara ixé arama.
    He gives something to me.

Usage notes

  • As a first-class pronoun, ixé is used as the subject (with the exception of second-class verbs, which are sometimes referred to as adjectives) and as the object of a sentence. The personal pronoun ixé is also used when governed by the postposition arama, which is occasionally omitted.

See also

Nheengatu personal pronouns
singular first-class pronoun second-class pronoun
first-person ixé se
second-person indé ne
third-person aé i
plural first-class pronoun second-class pronoun
first-person yandé yané
second-person penhẽ pe
third-person aintá (or tá) aintá (or tá)

References

  • Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2016) Curso de língua geral (nheengatu ou tupi moderno): a língua das origens da civilização amazônica‎ (in Portuguese), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Páginas & Letras, →ISBN, pages 11, 104
  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “ixé”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal]‎ (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 353–354

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *it͡ʃe (“I, me”).[1]

cognates

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈʃɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: i‧xé

Pronoun

ixé (1st class, 1st person singular, dative ixébe / ixébo, 2nd class equivalent xe)

  1. I, me
    Ixé oroîuká.
    I kill you.
  2. (uncommon) my, mine

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: ixé (“I, me”)

See also

    Old Tupi personal pronouns
Person Number Nominative／Accusative Possessive Dative Objective
Subject 1st class 2nd class Nonreflexive Reflexive 1st class 2nd class
Singular 1st ixé xe ixébe／ixébo xebe／xebo
2nd îepé endé nde endébe／endébo ndebe／ndebo oro-
Singular and Plural 3rd a'e i o i xupé
Plural 1st exc oré orébe／orébo
1st inc îandé îandébe／îandébo
2nd peîepé peẽ pe peẽme／peẽmo opo-
Indefinite asé asébe／asébo

References

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 200, line 3
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