a'e

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ae"

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aʔe (“he”).

Cognate with Guaraní ha’e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈʔɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: a‧'e

Pronoun

a'e (1st class, 3rd person singular and plural, possessive i, reflexive possessive o, dative i xupé)

1. he, she, it (third person singular)

   Synonyms: ãûa, erika

2. they (third person plural)

   Synonyms: ãûa, erika

3. (nonvisible) that; those

   Synonyms: aîpó, akó, akûeîa

Descendants

• Nheengatu: aé (“he, she, it”), ⇒ aintá (“they”)

Determiner

a'e

1. (nonvisible) that; those

   Synonyms: aîpó, akó, akûeî

Adverb

a'e

1. (nonvisible) there; yonder

   Synonyms: a'epe, akoamõ, akûeîpe

2. then
3. however
4. regardless

Particle

a'e

1. (before a phrase) used to emphasize a question
   • 2013 [1999], Joseph of Anchieta, edited by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro de Anchieta, quoted in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil, São Paulo: Global Editora, page 11, column 2:

     — A'epe ké amboaé?
     — Karaibebé serã...

     — What about this one?
     — Perhaps it's the angel...

Usage notes

Used simmilarly to Latin numquid, Japanese ね, and English innit as an emphasis to the thing being asked, usually being ignored when translating to other languages. Since it comes at the beginning of a question, it's always followed by the particle -pe.

See also

Old Tupi demonstratives

Demonstrative Adjectives
	Visible	Nonvisible
Proximal	ã, ang, iã, iang, ikó, kó	ã, ang, iã, iang
Medial	ebokûé, ebokûeî, eboûing, eboûĩ, ûĩ	aîpó
Distal	kûé, kûeî	a'e, aîpó, akó, akûeî
Demonstrative Pronouns
	Visible	Nonvisible
Proximal	ã, ãa, ãba'e anga, angyba'e iã, iãa, iãba'e ianga, iangyba'e ikó, ikoa, ikoba'e kó, koa, koba'e	ã, ãa, ãba'e anga, angyba'e iã, iãa, iãba'e ianga, iangyba'e
Medial	ebokûé, ebokûea, ebokûeba'e ebokûeîa, ebokûeîba'e eboûinga, eboûingyba'e eboûĩ, eboûĩa, eboûĩba'e ûĩ, uĩa, uĩba'e	aîpó, aîpoa, aîpoba'e
Distal	kûé, kûea, kûeba'e kûeîa, kûeîba'e	a'e, a'ea, a'eba'e aîpó, aîpoa, aîpoba'e akó, akoa, akoba'e akûeîa, akûeîba'e

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “a'e”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 10–11
• http://tupi.fflch.usp.br/

Scots

Numeral

a'e

1. Alternative form of ae

References

• “a'e, adj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.