kyr

See also: kýr

Translingual

Symbol

kyr

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kuruáya.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Kuruáya terms

English

Symbol

kyr

  1. Symbol for kiloyear(s).
    Synonym: ka (kiloannum)
  • kya, KYA (kiloyears ago)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /çyːr/

Noun

kyr m or f

  1. indefinite plural of ku

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /çyːr/, [çyʷːr]

Noun

kyr

  1. indefinite plural of ku

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɨɾ]
  • Rhymes: -ɨɾ
  • Hyphenation: kyr

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kɨr, from Proto-Tupian *kɨt.[1] Doublet of akyr.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní ky.

Adjective

kyr (noun form kyra)

  1. green; unripe (not ready for harvesting)
    Synonym: akyr
  2. immature (not fully formed or developed; not grown)
  3. gestating; unborn (still in gestation inside the womb)
    membykyragestating son
  4. (of leaves) tender (soft and easily chewed)
    Synonym: tang
Declension
  • kybykyra
  • kãngyra
  • membykyra
  • pirakyra

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní okyha and Mbyá Guaraní oky.

Verb

kyr (first-person singular active indicative akyr, first-person singular negative active indicative n'akyri, noun kyra) (intransitive)

  1. to rain
  2. to drop (to fall in drops or droplets)
Conjugation
Descendants
  • Nheengatu: kiri

References

  1. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB