yasí
See also: Appendix:Variations of "yasi"
Nheengatu
Alternative forms
- iasi, jasi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Tupi îasy (“moon”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jaˈsi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: ya‧sí
Noun
yasí (plural yasí-itá)
- Moon
- lunar month (period from one new moon until the next)
- month (one of the 12 periods into which a year is divided)
- (obsolete, loosely) celestial body
- (archaic) menstruation
- (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
- (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
- ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “yasí”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal][1] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, , pages 859–860