îy

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See also: iy, ıy, and -iy

Old Tupi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈjɨ]
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: îy

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jɨ (axe), from Proto-Tupian *wɨ (axe).[1]

Noun[edit]

îy (possessable)

  1. stone axe (tool for felling trees or chopping wood)
    Coordinate term: îykûara (steel axe)
  2. tool (any piece of equipment used in a profession or to make a task easier)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Nheengatu:

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

îy (possessable)

  1. (North Tupi) Alternative form of 'y

References[edit]

  1. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 567

Further reading[edit]