îe-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ie"

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• nhe-

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *je-, from Proto-Tupian *we-. The use for the passive voice is a semantic loan from Portuguese se.

Cognate with Guaraní je-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: îe-

Prefix

îe-

1. forms reflexive verbs
   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 32; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:

     — Marápe nderenhemimi? Ereîpotápe nde 'u?
     — Akaîgûá! Marãpe xe ri erepoá? Aîemĩngatu kó gûitupa...

     — Why don't you hide? Do you want that he eats you?
     — Ouch! Why do you hit me? I hide myself well lying here...

2. (Late Tupi) forms the passive voice
   • 1595 [1555], Joseph of Anchieta, chapter VII, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, page 35:

     Ayemonhâng […]

     [Aîemonhang […] ]

     I'm made.

Descendants

• Nheengatu: yu-

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îe-”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 165, columns 1–2