îy

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See also: iy, ıy, and -iy

Old Tupi

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈjɨ], [ˈʒɨ]
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: îy

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jɨ (axe), from Proto-Tupian *wɨ (axe).[1]

Noun

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îy (possessable)

  1. stone axe (tool for felling trees or chopping wood)
    Coordinate term: îykûara (steel axe)
  2. tool (any piece of equipment used in a profession or to make a task easier)
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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îy (possessable)

  1. (North Tupi) Alternative form of 'y

References

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  1. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 567

Further reading

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