a'e

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ae"

Old Tupi

Etymology

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

Cognate with Paraguayan Guarani ha’e.

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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

1. he, she, it

   Synonyms: ãûa, erika

2. they

   Synonyms: ãûa, erika

3. (nonvisible) that; those

Descendants

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

Determiner

a'e

1. (nonvisible) that; those

Adverb

a'e

1. (nonvisible) there; yonder

   Synonyms: a'epe, akoamõ, akûeîpe

2. then
3. however
4. regardless

Particle

a'e

1. used to emphasize a question
   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L^ço [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 66, lines 276-278; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 123:

     Aimb. — Aepe que amboae?
     ſarau. — Caraibebe çerã
     co taba raroanete.

     [Aîmb[iré]. — A'epe ké amboaé?
     Sarau[aîa]. — Karaibebé serã / kó taba arõaneté.]

     Aîmbiré: What about the other one here?
     Sarauaîa: Perhaps it's the true guardian angel of this village.

See also

Old Tupi personal pronouns

Number	Person	Nominative / Accusative			Possessive		Dative		Objective
		Subject	1st class	2nd class	Nonreflexive	Reflexive	1st class	2nd class
Singular	1st		ixé	xe			ixébe / ixébo	xebe / xebo
	2nd	îepé	endé	nde			endébe / endébo	ndebe / ndebo	oro-
Singular and Plural	3rd		a'e	i		o	i xupé
Plural	1st exc.		oré				orébe / orébo
	1st inc.		îandé				îandébe / îandébo
	2nd	peîepé	peẽ	pe			peẽme / peẽmo		opo-
	Indefinite		asé				asébe / asébo

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

References

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (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

Scots

Numeral

a'e

1. alternative form of ae