ixé

See also: ixe

French

Participle

ixé (feminine ixée, masculine plural ixés, feminine plural ixées)

1. past participle of ixer

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi ixé, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *it͡ʃe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈʃe/, [iˈʃɛ]

• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: i‧xé

Pronoun

ixé

1. (first-class) first-person singular personal pronoun (I, me)

   Ixé mira. Ixé asasá puranga.

   I am a person. I do well.

   Aé uputari uyuká ixé.

   He wants to kill me.

   Aé umeẽ manungara ixé arama.

   He gives something to me.

Usage notes

• As a first-class pronoun, ixé is used as the subject (with the exception of second-class verbs, which are sometimes referred to as adjectives) and as the object of a sentence. The personal pronoun ixé is also used when governed by the postposition arama, which is occasionally omitted.

See also

Nheengatu personal pronouns

singular	first-class pronoun	second-class pronoun
first-person	ixé	se
second-person	indé	ne
third-person	aé	i
plural	first-class pronoun	second-class pronoun
first-person	yandé	yané
second-person	penhẽ	pe
third-person	aintá (or tá)	aintá (or tá)

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2016), Curso de língua geral (nheengatu ou tupi moderno): a língua das origens da civilização amazônica‎^[1] (in Portuguese), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Páginas & Letras, →ISBN, pages 11, 104
• Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “ixé”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal]‎^[2] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 353–354

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• iche (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *it͡ʃe (“I, me”).

Cognates

• Amondawa ihe
• Kamayurá ije
• Manus Koro jihi
• Tapirapé ie
• Tembé ihe
• Tenharim ihi
• Wayampi ie
• Xingú Asuriní idže

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈʃɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: i‧xé

Pronoun

ixé (1st class, 1st person singular, dative ixébe / ixébo, 2nd class equivalent xe)

1. I, me

   Ixé oroîuká.

   I kill you.

2. (uncommon) my, mine

Derived terms

• ixé re'a
• ixé re'ĩ
• ixébe
• ixébo

Descendants

• Nheengatu: ixé (“I, me”)

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

References

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “ixé”, 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 202, column 2
• http://tupi.fflch.usp.br/