îy

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɨ], [ˈʒɨ]
• Rhymes: -ɨ
• Hyphenation: îy

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

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)

• Nheengatu: jí

îy (possessable)

1. (North Tupi) alternative form of 'y

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îy”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 203, column 1