ypy

Guaraní

Noun

ypy

1. origin; beginning

Old Tupi

Old Tupi numbers ^(edit)

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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”).

Cognate with Guaraní ypy.

Adjective

ypy

1. original; initial (pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin)
2. based (having a basis)

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

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Noun

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

1. depth
2. bottom

Descendants

• Nheengatu: ipí, tipí, ripí

Adjective

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

1. deep

Etymology 3

Clipping of ypyrung.

Verb

ypy

1. (transitive) to start

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ypy”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil‎^[3] (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 531–532
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