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Guaraní
Noun
ypy
- origin; beginning
Old Tupi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɨˈpɨ/
- Rhymes: -ɨ
- Hyphenation: y‧py
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨpɨ (“base of a tree”), from Proto-Tupian *kˀɨpˀɨ (“tree trunk”).
Cognate with Guaraní ypy.
Adjective
ypy
- original; initial (pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin)
- based (having a basis)
Adverb
ypy
- firstly; in the first place
Noun
ypy (possessable)
- origin; beginning; start
- Synonym: sy
- first (person or thing in the first position)
- base; basis; foundation (supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object)
- top (uppermost part)
- stalk; tree trunk
Descendants
Numeral
ypy
- first
Etymology 2
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Noun
ypy (IIb class pluriform, absolute typy, R1 rypy, R2 typy) (possessable)
- depth
- bottom
Descendants
Adjective
ypy (IIb class pluriform, R1 rypy, R2 typy)
- deep
Etymology 3
Clipping of ypyrung.
Verb
ypy
- (transitive) to start
References
- ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
- ^ Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues (2007) “As consoantes do proto-tupí”, in Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues, Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral, editors, Línguas e culturas tupí, 1 edition, volume 1, Campinas: Curt Nimuendajú, pages 167–204
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