gûapyk

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Old Tupi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *(w-)apɨk, from Proto-Tupian *apɨk.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní guapy.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡwaˈpɨk/, [ɡʷaˈpɨk]
  • Rhymes: -ɨk
  • Hyphenation: gûa‧pyk

Verb

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gûapyk (first-person singular active indicative agûapyk, first-person singular negative active indicative n'agûapyki, first-person singular gerund gûigûapyka, noun gûapyka) (intransitive)

  1. to sit down
  2. to sit [with -pe ‘on something’]
    Apykápe ogûapyk.
    He sat on the chair.

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: wapika

References

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  1. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

Further reading

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