îasy

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jaˈsɨ]
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Hyphenation: îa‧sy

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 legomenon) month (period into which a year is divided)
    • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Do primeiro nouiſsimo, que he a morte” (chapter I), in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Oitavo dos quatro novissimos do homen [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 156v:
      Marã eteĩ raumope amó Anhangarata pôra recou ycô ârapupe oyepe yaci Tupã ebanoĩ çuí omomborû omoingoberememô […]
      [Marãete'ĩ ra'umope amõ Anhanga ratá pora rekóû ikó 'ara pupé oîepé îasy Tupã ebanõî suí o moingobérememo […] ]
      How would an inhabitant of Hell live in this world if God made him live out of there for a month?
  • îasya'yra
  • îasyangaîbara
  • îasyendy
  • îasyobagûasu
  • îasysemano
  • îasytatá
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[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

Etymology

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