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yke'yra (possessable, IIb class pluriform, absolute tyke'yra, R1 ryke'yra, R2 tyke'yra)
- older brother (of a man)
c. 1628, Luís Figueira, Arte da lingua Braſilica [Art of the Brasílica Language] (overall work in Portuguese), Lisbon: Manuel da Silva, page 89v:Guixobo açobaitĩ derequiȷra.- [Gûixóbo asobaîtĩ nde reky'yra.]
- Going, I ran into your older brother.
- older cousin, son of the father's brother (of a man)
- older nephew, son of the brother (of a man)
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