ugûy

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Old Tupi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tuwy, from Proto-Mawé-Guaraní *cuy, from Proto-Tupian *jəɯ.[1]

Cognate with Sateré-Mawé suː, Guaraní tuguy.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /uˈɡwɨ/, [uˈɡʷɨ]
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Hyphenation: u‧gûy

Noun[edit]

ugûy (IIa class pluriform, absolute tugûy, R1 rugûy, R2 sugûy) (possessable)

  1. blood
  2. an instance of menstruation
    Synonym: ekoaíba

Usage notes[edit]

When referring to menstruation, the word ugûy was only used from the third instance onwards. The first period was called nhemondy'ara and the second îeporero'ypoka.[2]

Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ugûy (IIa class pluriform, R1 rugûy, R2 sugûy)

  1. bloody (covered in blood)
  2. havimg been bloodlet

Verb[edit]

ugûy (2nd conjugation, IIa class pluriform, R1 rugûy, R2 sugûy)

  1. to have blood
  2. to be menstruated

References[edit]

  1. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570
  2. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ugûy”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 495, column 1
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