ypy

Guaraní

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɨˈpɨ]
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: y‧py

Noun

ypy

  1. origin; beginning

Old Tupi

Old Tupi numbers (edit)
1 2  → 
    Cardinal: oîepé
    Ordinal: ypy
    Adverbial: oîepé
    Collective: oîepegûasu
    Fractional: gûetépe

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɨˈpɨ/
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: y‧py

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨpɨ (base of a tree), from Proto-Tupian *kˀɨpˀɨ (tree trunk).[1][2]

    Cognate with Guaraní ypy.

    Adjective

    ypy (noun form ypy)

    1. original; initial (pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin)
    2. based (having a basis)
    Declension

    Adverb

    ypy

    1. firstly; in the first place

    Noun

    ypy (possessable)

    1. origin; beginning; start
      Synonym: sy
    2. first (person or thing in the first position)
    3. base; basis; foundation (supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object)
    4. top (uppermost part)
    5. stalk; tree trunk
    Descendants
    • Nheengatu: ipí

    Numeral

    ypy

    1. first

    Etymology 2

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      Noun

      ypy (possessable, IIb class pluriform, absolute typy, R1 rypy, R2 typy)

      1. depth
      2. bottom
      Descendants
      • Nheengatu: ipí, tipí, ripí

      Adjective

      ypy (IIb class pluriform, R1 rypy, R2 typy, noun form ypy)

      1. deep
      Declension

      Etymology 3

        Clipping of ypyrung.

        Verb

        ypy (first-person singular active indicative aîypy, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîypyî, noun ypy) (transitive)

        1. to start
        Conjugation

        References

        1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
        2. ^ Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues (2007) “As consoantes do proto-tupí”, in Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues, Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral, editors, Línguas e culturas tupí[2], 1 edition, volume 1, Campinas: Curt Nimuendajú, pages 167–204