penhẽ

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Nheengatu

Etymology

From Old Tupi peẽ. Cognate with Guaraní peẽ.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pe‧nhẽ
  • Rhymes: -ẽ

Pronoun

penhẽ

  1. (first-class) second-person plural personal pronoun (you)
    Penhẽ mira-itá. Penhẽ pesasá puranga.
    You are people. You do well.
    Aintá uputari uyuká penhẽ.
    They want to kill you.
    Aintá umeẽ manungara penhẽ arama.
    They give something to you.

Usage notes

  • As a first-class pronoun, penhẽ 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 penhẽ 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

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