yvate

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Guaraní[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨβate (high), from Proto-Tupian *ɨpʷa (high).[1] Doublet of yvága.

Cognate with Old Tupi ybaté.

Adjective[edit]

yvate

  1. tall
  2. high

References[edit]

  1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 410