îasy

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaˈsɨ/, [ʝaˈsɨ]
• Rhymes: -ɨ
• Hyphenation: îa‧sy

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jat͡sɨ, from Proto-Tupian *watɨ.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní jaxy and Paraguayan Guaraní jasy.

Noun

îasy (unpossessable)

1. Moon (natural satellite of the Earth)
2. month (period into which a year is divided)
3. starfish

   Synonyms: îasytatá, îasytatagûasu

Derived terms

• îasya'yra
• îasyangaîbara
• îasyendy
• îasyobagûasu
• îasysemano
• îasytatá

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: yasí

Etymology 2

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Noun

îasy (unpossessable)

1. palm tree of the species Attalea butyracea

Descendants

• → Portuguese: jaci

Etymology

• Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos‎^[2] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îasy”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 163, column 2