ñe'ẽpukuaaty

Guaraní

Etymology

Compound from ñe'ẽpu (“phoneme”) +‎ -kuaaty (“-logy”, forms knowledge area terms out of nouns and verbs).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɲeʔẽpukwaaˈtɨ/

• (Paraguayan Guarani) IPA^(key): [ɲẽ̞ʔẽ̞ˈpukuaaˈtɨ];
• (Southwestern Guarani) IPA^(key): [ɲɛ̃ʔɛ̃pukwaaˈtɨ];
• (Eastern Guarani) IPA^(key): [ɲẽ̞(ʔ)ẽ̞pukwaaˈtɨ].

Noun

ñe'ẽpukuaaty (locative ñe'ẽpukuaatýpe)

1. (linguistics) phonology

   Ñe'ẽkuaatyharakuéra oñemohu'ãva ñe'ẽpukuaatýpe oñembohéra ñe'ẽpukuaahára.

   Linguists who graduate in phonology are called phonologists.

   • 2007 December 14, David Abdón Galeano Olivera, Ñe'ẽkuaaty ha Ñe'ẽtekuaa:

     Ko ñe'ẽkuaatyhára no'õ heñói 1926-pe, ha, hembiapo iporãvéva apytépe, jajuhukuaa ñe'ẽpukuaaty ñemohesakã ha ñemotenonde.

     This society of linguists was founded in 1926, and, among their finest works, we find the explanation and development of phonology.

Related terms

• ñe'ẽpukuaahára (“phonologist”)