esagûyrumbyk

Old Tupi

Etymology

From esá (“eye”) +‎ gûyra (“bottom, lower part, bottom part”) +‎ *umbyk (“purple, dark”), literally “purple lower parts of eyes”.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛ.sa.wɨ.ɾũˈmbɨk]
  • Rhymes: -ɨk
  • Hyphenation: e‧sa‧gûy‧ru‧mbyk

Adjective

esagûyrumbyk (IIa class pluriform, R1 resagûyrumbyk, R2 sesagûyrumbyk, noun form esagûyrumbyka)

  1. to have periorbital dark circles
    Mba'e resépe nde resagûyrumbyk?
    Why do you have dark circles?
    Kûesekûesé bé gûikere'yma, ko'yr xe resagûyrumbyketeetéramo nhẽ.
    Having not slept since the day before yesterday, now I have dark circles too much, indeed.
  • esakûarumbyk

References

  1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “sumbika”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 718

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