sykyîé

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• sekyîé, kysyîé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɨ.kɨˈjɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: sy‧ky‧îé

Noun

sykyîé (possessable)

1. fear (emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)

   Synonym: sykyîaba

Verb

sykyîé (first-person singular active indicative asykyîé, first-person singular negative active indicative n'asykyîéî, first-person singular gerund gûisykyîébo, noun sykyîé) (intransitive)

1. to fear; to be afraid [with suí or gerund ‘of something’]

   Synonym: nheangu

   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter III, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Terceiro do Cathecismo, e summa da Doctrina Christam [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 55:

     […] Iudeos çuî ociquîyebo […]

     [ […] Judeus suí osykyîébo […] ]

     being afraid of the Jews

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sykyîé (intransitive, S-starting, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	asykyîé	eresykyîé	osykyîé	orosykyîé	îasykyîé	pesykyîé
Permissive	t'asykyîé	t'eresykyîé	t'osykyîé	t'orosykyîé	t'îasykyîé	ta pesykyîé
Imperative		esykyîé				pesykyîé
Negative indicative	n'asykyîéî	n'eresykyîéî	n'osykyîéî	n'orosykyîéî	n'îasykyîéî	na pesykyîéî
Negative permissive	t'asykyîé umẽ	t'eresykyîé umẽ	t'osykyîé umẽ	t'orosykyîé umẽ	t'îasykyîé umẽ	ta pesykyîé umẽ
Negative imperative		esykyîé umẽ				pesykyîé umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûisykyîébo	esykyîébo	osykyîébo	orosykyîébo	îasykyîébo	pesykyîébo
Negative	gûisykyîee'yma	esykyîee'yma	osykyîee'yma	orosykyîee'yma	îasykyîee'yma	pesykyîee'yma
Causative
Indicative	aîmosykyîé	ereîmosykyîé	oîmosykyîé	oroîmosykyîé	îaîmosykyîé	peîmosykyîé
Permissive	t'aîmosykyîé	t'ereîmosykyîé	t'oîmosykyîé	t'oroîmosykyîé	t'îaîmosykyîé	ta peîmosykyîé
Imperative		eîmosykyîé				peîmosykyîé
Negative indicative	n'aîmosykyîéî	n'ereîmosykyîéî	n'oîmosykyîéî	n'oroîmosykyîéî	n'îaîmosykyîéî	na peîmosykyîéî
Negative permissive	t'aîmosykyîé umẽ	t'ereîmosykyîé umẽ	t'oîmosykyîé umẽ	t'oroîmosykyîé umẽ	t'îaîmosykyîé umẽ	ta peîmosykyîé umẽ
Negative imperative		eîmosykyîé umẽ				peîmosykyîé umẽ
Causative-comitative
Indicative	arosykyîé	ererosykyîé	ogûerosykyîé	orogûerosykyîé	îarosykyîé	perosykyîé
Permissive	t'arosykyîé	t'ererosykyîé	t'ogûerosykyîé	t'orogûerosykyîé	t'îarosykyîé	ta perosykyîé
Imperative		emosykyîé				perosykyîé
Negative indicative	n'arosykyîéî	n'ererosykyîéî	n'ogûerosykyîéî	n'orogûerosykyîéî	n'îarosykyîéî	na perosykyîéî
Negative permissive	t'arosykyîé umẽ	t'ererosykyîé umẽ	t'ogûerosykyîé umẽ	t'orogûerosykyîé umẽ	t'îarosykyîé umẽ	ta perosykyîé umẽ
Negative imperative		emosykyîé umẽ				perosykyîé umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	sykyîé
Negative	sykyîee'yma
Causative-comitative
Affirmative	xe rerosykyîé	nde rerosykyîé	serosykyîé	oré rerosykyîé	îandé rerosykyîé	pe rerosykyîé
Negative	na xe rerosykyîéî	na nde rerosykyîéî	na serosykyîéî	n'oré rerosykyîéî	n'îandé rerosykyîéî	na pe rerosykyîéî
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe sykyîéû		i xykyîéû	oré sykyîéû	îandé sykyîéû
Negative	xe sykyîee'ymi		i xykyîee'ymi	oré sykyîee'ymi	îandé sykyîee'ymi

Derived terms

• sykyîaba
• sykyîebora
• sykyîéba

 

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sykyîé”, 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 451, column 2