sa'yju

Paraguayan Guarani

Etymology

From sa'y (“color”) +‎ Proto-Tupi-Guarani *juβ (“yellow”), ultimately from Proto-Tupian *wup (“red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saʔɨˈdʒu/
• Rhymes: -u

Noun

sa'yju (plural sa'yjukuéra)

1. yellow, the color yellow

Adjective

sa'yju (adjectival sa'yjúva)

1. yellow

References

• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “sa'yju”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 101, column 1