sye'yma

Old Tupi

Etymology

From sy (“mother”) +‎ -e'ym (“-less”) +‎ -a.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌsɨ.ɛˈʔɨ̃.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ɨ̃ma
  • Hyphenation: sy‧e‧'y‧ma

Noun

sye'yma (possessable)

  1. maternal orphan (child who has lost their mother)

References
  1. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “apere'a”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 46, column 2
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