ypy

Guaraní

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɨˈpɨ]
• Rhymes: -ɨ
• Hyphenation: y‧py

Noun

ypy

1. origin; beginning

Old Tupi

Old Tupi numbers ^(edit)

	1	2  →
Cardinal: oîepé     Ordinal: ypy     Adverbial: oîepé     Collective: oîepegûasu     Fractional: gûetépe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɨˈpɨ/
• Rhymes: -ɨ
• Hyphenation: y‧py

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨpɨ (“base of a tree”), from Proto-Tupian *kˀɨpˀɨ (“tree trunk”).

Cognate with Guaraní ypy.

Adjective

ypy (noun form ypy)

1. original; initial (pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin)
2. based (having a basis)

Declension

    Declension of ypy (oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)

Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.

Causative	moypy
Deadjectivals
-ba'e	i ypyba'e
-sab(a)	ypŷaba／ypysaba
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative	xe ypy	nde ypy	i ypy	oré ypy	îandé ypy	pe ypy
Imperative
Permissive	ta xe ypy	ta nde ypy	t'i ypy	t'oré ypy	t'îandé ypy	ta pe ypy
Negative indicative	na xe ypyî	na nde ypyî	n'i ypyî	n'oré ypyî	n'îandé ypyî	na pe ypyî
Negative imperative		nde ypy umẽ				pe ypy umẽ
Negative permissive	ta xe ypy umẽ	ta nde ypy umẽ	t'i ypy umẽ	t'oré ypy umẽ	t'îandé ypy umẽ	ta pe ypy umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	xe ypyramo	nde ypyramo	o ypyramo	oré ypyramo	îandé ypyramo	pe ypyramo
Negative	xe ypye'ymamo	nde ypye'ymamo	o ypye'ymamo	oré ypye'ymamo	îandé ypye'ymamo	pe ypye'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	ypy
Negative	ypye'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	same as gerund1
	xe ypyû2		i ypyû2	oré ypyû2	îandé ypyû2
Negative	same as gerund1
	xe ypye'ymi2		i ypye'ymi2	oré ypye'ymi2	îandé ypye'ymi2
1South Tupi 2North Tupi

Adverb

ypy

1. firstly; in the first place

Noun

ypy (possessable)

1. origin; beginning; start

   Synonym: sy

2. first (person or thing in the first position)
3. base; basis; foundation (supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object)
4. top (uppermost part)
5. stalk; tree trunk

Descendants

• Nheengatu: ipí

Numeral

ypy

1. first

Etymology 2

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Noun

ypy (possessable, IIb class pluriform, absolute typy, R1 rypy, R2 typy)

1. depth
2. bottom

Descendants

• Nheengatu: ipí, tipí, ripí

Adjective

ypy (IIb class pluriform, R1 rypy, R2 typy, noun form ypy)

1. deep

Declension

    Declension of ypy (IIb pluriform, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)

Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.

Causative	moypy
Deadjectivals
-ba'e	typyba'e
-sab(a)	ypŷaba／ypysaba
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative	xe rypy	nde rypy	typy	oré rypy	îandé rypy	pe rypy
Imperative
Permissive	ta xe rypy	ta nde rypy	ta typy	t'oré rypy	t'îandé rypy	ta pe rypy
Negative indicative	na xe rypyî	na nde rypyî	na typyî	n'oré rypyî	n'îandé rypyî	na pe rypyî
Negative imperative		nde rypy umẽ				pe rypy umẽ
Negative permissive	ta xe rypy umẽ	ta nde rypy umẽ	ta typy umẽ	t'oré rypy umẽ	t'îandé rypy umẽ	ta pe rypy umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	xe rypyramo	nde rypyramo	o ypyramo	oré rypyramo	îandé rypyramo	pe rypyramo
Negative	xe rypye'ymamo	nde rypye'ymamo	o ypye'ymamo	oré rypye'ymamo	îandé rypye'ymamo	pe rypye'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	ypy
Negative	ypye'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	same as gerund1
	xe rypyû2		typyû2	oré rypyû2	îandé rypyû2
Negative	same as gerund1
	xe rypye'ymi2		typye'ymi2	oré rypye'ymi2	îandé rypye'ymi2
1South Tupi 2North Tupi

Etymology 3

Clipping of ypyrung.

Verb

ypy (first-person singular active indicative aîypy, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîypyî, gerund ypŷabo, noun ypy) (transitive)

1. to start

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ypy (transitive, Y-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.

Causative	ypyukar
Causative-comitative	eroypy
Reflexive	îeypy
Deverbals
-ba'e	oîypyba'e
emi-	emiypy／miypy
-pyr(a)	i ypypyra
-sab(a)	ypŷaba／ypysaba
-sar(a)	ypŷara／ypysara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	aîypy	ereîypy	oîypy	oroîypy	îaîypy	peîypy
Permissive	t'aîypy	t'ereîypy	t'oîypy	t'oroîypy	t'îaîypy	ta peîypy
Imperative		eîypy				peîypy
Negative indicative	n'aîypyî	n'ereîypyî	n'oîypyî	n'oroîypyî	n'îaîypyî	na peîypyî
Negative permissive	t'aîypy umẽ	t'ereîypy umẽ	t'oîypy umẽ	t'oroîypy umẽ	t'îaîypy umẽ	ta peîypy umẽ
Negative imperative		eîypy umẽ				peîypy umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	ypy
Negative	ypye'yma
Gerund
Affirmative	xe ypŷabo	nde ypŷabo	i ypŷabo	oré ypŷabo	îandé ypŷabo	pe ypŷabo
Negative	xe ypye'yma	nde ypye'yma	i ypye'yma	oré ypye'yma	îandé ypye'yma	pe ypye'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe ypyû		i ypyû	oré ypyû	îandé ypyû
Negative	xe ypye'ymi		i ypye'ymi	oré ypye'ymi	îandé ypye'ymi

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ypy”, 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, pages 531–532