yasí

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yasi"

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi îasy (moon).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jaˈsi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: ya‧sí

Noun

yasí (plural yasí-itá)

  1. Moon
  2. lunar month (period from one new moon until the next)
  3. month (one of the 12 periods into which a year is divided)
  4. (obsolete, loosely) celestial body
  5. (archaic) menstruation
  6. (archaic) gestation

Derived terms

  • kunhã-yasí
  • pisayé-yasí
  • yasitatá
  • yasí-mirĩ
  • yasí-pirera
  • yasí-pisasú
  • yasí-rapé
  • yasí-rendí
  • yasí-suawasú
  • yasí-tayá
  • Yasí-Waruá
  • yasí-yaruka
  • yasí-yumunhã
  • yasí-yumuturusú

Verb

yasí

  1. (archaic, intransitive) to menstruate

Conjugation

Conjugation of yasí
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative affirmative ayasí reyasí uyasí yayasí peyasí uyasí
negative ti ayasí ti reyasí ti uyasí ti yayasí ti peyasí ti uyasí
imperative affirmative reyasí yayasí peyasí
negative te reyasí te yayasí te peyasí

References

  1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “yasí”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal]‎[1] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 859–860