ypy

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Guaraní

Pronunciation

Noun

ypy

  1. origin; beginning

Old Tupi

Old Tupi numbers (edit)
1 2  → 
    Cardinal: oîepé
    Ordinal: ypy
    Adverbial: oîepé
    Collective: oîepegûasu
    Fractional: gûetépe

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”).[1][2]

Cognate with Guaraní ypy.

Adjective

ypy (noun form ypy)

  1. original; initial (pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin)
  2. based (having a basis)
Declension
    Declension of ypy (oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
Causative moypy
Deadjectivals
-ba'e i ypyba'e
-sab(a) ypŷaba / ypysaba
Singular Singular & Plural Plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person exclusive 1st person inclusive 2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative xe ypy nde ypy i ypy oré ypy îandé ypy pe ypy
Imperative
Permissive ta xe ypy ta nde ypy t'i ypy t'oré ypy t'îandé ypy ta pe ypy
Negative indicative na xe ypyî na nde ypyî n'i ypyî n'oré ypyî n'îandé ypyî na pe ypyî
Negative imperative nde ypy umẽ pe ypy umẽ
Negative permissive ta xe ypy umẽ ta nde ypy umẽ t'i ypy umẽ t'oré ypy umẽ t'îandé ypy umẽ ta pe ypy umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative xe ypyramo nde ypyramo o ypyramo oré ypyramo îandé ypyramo pe ypyramo
Negative xe ypye'ymamo nde ypye'ymamo o ypye'ymamo oré ypye'ymamo îandé ypye'ymamo pe ypye'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative ypy
Negative ypye'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative same as gerund1
xe ypyû2 i ypyû2 oré ypyû2 îandé ypyû2
Negative same as gerund1
xe ypye'ymi2 i ypye'ymi2 oré ypye'ymi2 îandé ypye'ymi2
1South Tupi
2North Tupi

Adverb

ypy

  1. firstly; in the first place

Noun

ypy (possessable)

  1. origin; beginning; start
    Synonym: sy
  2. first (person or thing in the first position)
  3. base; basis; foundation (supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object)
  4. top (uppermost part)
  5. stalk; tree trunk
Descendants
  • Nheengatu: ipí

Numeral

ypy

  1. first

Etymology 2

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

ypy (possessable, IIb class pluriform, absolute typy, R1 rypy, R2 typy)

  1. depth
  2. bottom
Descendants

Adjective

ypy (IIb class pluriform, R1 rypy, R2 typy, noun form ypy)

  1. deep
Declension
    Declension of ypy (IIb pluriform, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
Causative moypy
Deadjectivals
-ba'e typyba'e
-sab(a) ypŷaba / ypysaba
Singular Singular & Plural Plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person exclusive 1st person inclusive 2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative xe rypy nde rypy typy oré rypy îandé rypy pe rypy
Imperative
Permissive ta xe rypy ta nde rypy ta typy t'oré rypy t'îandé rypy ta pe rypy
Negative indicative na xe rypyî na nde rypyî na typyî n'oré rypyî n'îandé rypyî na pe rypyî
Negative imperative nde rypy umẽ pe rypy umẽ
Negative permissive ta xe rypy umẽ ta nde rypy umẽ ta typy umẽ t'oré rypy umẽ t'îandé rypy umẽ ta pe rypy umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative xe rypyramo nde rypyramo o ypyramo oré rypyramo îandé rypyramo pe rypyramo
Negative xe rypye'ymamo nde rypye'ymamo o ypye'ymamo oré rypye'ymamo îandé rypye'ymamo pe rypye'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative ypy
Negative ypye'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative same as gerund1
xe rypyû2 typyû2 oré rypyû2 îandé rypyû2
Negative same as gerund1
xe rypye'ymi2 typye'ymi2 oré rypye'ymi2 îandé rypye'ymi2
1South Tupi
2North Tupi

Etymology 3

Clipping of ypyrung.

Verb

ypy (first-person singular active indicative aîypy, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîypyî, noun ypy) (transitive)

  1. to start
Conjugation
    Conjugation of ypy (transitive, Y-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
Causative ypyukar
Causative-comitative eroypy
Reflexive îeypy
Deverbals
-ba'e oîypyba'e
emi- emiypy / miypy
-pyr(a) i ypypyra
-sab(a) ypŷaba / ypysaba
-sar(a) ypŷara / ypysara
Singular Singular & Plural Plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person exclusive 1st person inclusive 2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative aîypy ereîypy oîypy oroîypy îaîypy peîypy
Permissive t'aîypy t'ereîypy t'oîypy t'oroîypy t'îaîypy ta peîypy
Imperative eîypy peîypy
Negative indicative n'aîypyî n'ereîypyî n'oîypyî n'oroîypyî n'îaîypyî na peîypyî
Negative permissive t'aîypy umẽ t'ereîypy umẽ t'oîypy umẽ t'oroîypy umẽ t'îaîypy umẽ ta peîypy umẽ
Negative imperative eîypy umẽ peîypy umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative ypy
Negative ypye'yma
Gerund
Affirmative xe ypŷabo nde ypŷabo i ypŷabo oré ypŷabo îandé ypŷabo pe ypŷabo
Negative xe ypye'yma nde ypye'yma i ypye'yma oré ypye'yma îandé ypye'yma pe ypye'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative xe ypyû i ypyû oré ypyû îandé ypyû
Negative xe ypye'ymi i ypye'ymi oré ypye'ymi îandé ypye'ymi

References

  1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
  2. ^ 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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