esagûyrumbyk

Old Tupi

tesagûyrumbyka

Etymology

From esá (“eye”) +‎ gûyra (“bottom, lower part, bottom part”) +‎ *umbyk (“purple, dark”), literally “purple lower parts of eyes”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛ.sa.wɨ.ɾũˈmbɨk]
• Rhymes: -ɨk
• Hyphenation: e‧sa‧gûy‧ru‧mbyk

Adjective

esagûyrumbyk (IIa class pluriform, R1 resagûyrumbyk, R2 sesagûyrumbyk, noun form esagûyrumbyka)

1. to have periorbital dark circles

   Mba'e resépe nde resagûyrumbyk?

   Why do you have dark circles?

   Kûesekûesé bé gûikere'yma, ko'yr xe resagûyrumbyketeetéramo nhẽ.

   Having not slept since the day before yesterday, now I have dark circles too much, indeed.

Related terms

• esakûarumbyk

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “esagûyrumbyka”, 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, page 118, column 1