aîa

See also: aia, Aia, AIA, ăia, and -aia

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʔaʝ̞a/, /ˈtaʝ̞a/, /ˈsaʝ̞a/

Adjective

aîa

acid, sour

Usage notes

The stem aîa could never be used inside a sentence without a prefix. In predicative position, the form taîa was used for animate subjects, and saîa for inanimate subjects. When modifying nouns, the noun itself would be agglutinated with the adjective (as nouns always precede adjectives in Tupi).

References

LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.

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