u'i
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ui"
Old Tupi
Etymology
Cognate with Guaraní hu'i.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [uˈʔi]
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: u‧'i
Noun
u'i (possessable)
Derived terms
- u'iabiruru
- u'iapu'a
- u'iatã
- u'iesakûatinga
- u'imogûapaba
- u'imoîypaba
- u'ipeba
- u'ipuba
- u'ipuku
- u'ipukuîtaba
- u'isyka
- u'itinga
- U'itinga
- u'iîará
Descendants
- Nheengatu: uí
Further reading
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “u'i”, 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 495, column 2
Rapa Nui
Etymology
Borrowed from Tahitian ʻuhi (“to visit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈu.ʔi/
- Hyphenation: u‧'i
Verb
u'i
References
- Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 42
- “ū'i”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
- Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29