îasy

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Old Tupi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jat͡sɨ, from Proto-Tupian *watɨ.[1]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní jaxy and Paraguayan Guaraní jasy.

Noun

îasy (unpossessable)

  1. Moon (natural satellite of the Earth)
    • 1622, anonymous author, “Eclypsar-se a lua”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 108; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
      Jacibaeyaú []
      [Îasy mba'e îa'u [] ]
      The moon was eclipsed.
      (literally, “The moon was eaten.”)
  2. starfish
    Synonyms: îasytatá, îasytatagûasu
  3. (Late Tupi, hapax) month (period into which a year is divided)
Descendants
  • Nheengatu: yasí

Etymology 2

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Noun

îasy (unpossessable)

  1. palm tree of the species Attalea butyracea
Descendants
  • Portuguese: jaci

References

  1. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

Etymology