pytá

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Old Tupi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɨˈta/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: py‧tá

Noun

pytá (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute mytá)

  1. heel (rear part of the foot)

Verb

pytá (first-person singular active indicative apytá, first-person singular negative active indicative n'apytáî, noun pytá) (intransitive)

  1. to stay (to remain in a particular place)
    Peroetá ygarusu pupé opytá.
    Many Portuguese stayed inside the ships.
  2. to lodge (to stay in a shelter)
  3. to stop (to cease moving)
  4. to face; to confront

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: pitá

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