'ar

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ar"

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• 'a (São Vicente)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔaT (“to be born, to fall”), from Proto-Tupian *ꝁaT (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: 'ar

Verb

'ar (first-person singular active indicative a'ar, first-person singular negative active indicative na'ari, noun 'ara) (intransitive)

1. (with suí) to be born
2. to emerge; to come out
3. to happen
4. to fall
5. to embark
6. (with esé) to ascertain; to understand

Derived terms

• 'ara

Descendants

• Nheengatu: wari

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'ar”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 57, columns 1–2

Yola

Determiner

'ar

1. Alternative form of aar (“their”)
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 86:

     At aar errone was var ameing 'ar 'ngish ee-height.

     That their errand was aiming to bring anguish upon them.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 86