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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)
- 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.”)
- starfish
- Synonyms: îasytatá, îasytatagûasu
- (Late Tupi, hapax) month (period into which a year is divided)
Descendants
Etymology 2
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Noun
îasy (unpossessable)
- palm tree of the species Attalea butyracea
Descendants
References
- ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
Etymology