ñe'ẽpukuaaty

Guaraní

Etymology

Compound from ñe'ẽpu (phoneme) +‎ -kuaaty (-logy, forms knowledge area terms out of nouns and verbs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲeʔẽpukwaaˈtɨ/
  • (Paraguayan Guarani) IPA(key): [ɲẽ̞ʔẽ̞ˈpukuaaˈtɨ]
  • (Southwestern Guarani) IPA(key): [ɲɛ̃ʔɛ̃pukwaaˈtɨ]
  • (Eastern Guarani) IPA(key): [ɲẽ̞(ʔ)ẽ̞pukwaaˈtɨ]

Noun

ñe'ẽpukuaaty (locative ñe'ẽpukuaatýpe)

  1. (linguistics) phonology
    Ñe'ẽkuaatyharakuéra oñemohu'ãva ñe'ẽpukuaatýpe oñembohéra ñe'ẽpukuaahára.
    Linguists who graduate in phonology are called phonologists.
    • 2007 December 14, David Abdón Galeano Olivera, Ñe'ẽkuaaty ha Ñe'ẽtekuaa:
      Ko ñe'ẽkuaatyhára no'õ heñói 1926-pe, ha, hembiapo iporãvéva apytépe, jajuhukuaa ñe'ẽpukuaaty ñemohesakã ha ñemotenonde.
      This society of linguists was founded in 1926, and, among their finest works, we find the explanation and development of phonology.
  • ñe'ẽpukuaahára (phonologist)