yepé

Nheengatu
Nheengatu numbers (edit)
10
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    Cardinal: yepé
    Ordinal: tenundewara, yepesara, yepesawa, yepewara, yupirungawa
    Collective: yepé-yepé
    Fractional: yepewasú

Alternative forms
  • iepé
  • oupé, iépé, oyepe, yepe, oiepen, oiepeu, oyepé, muyepé, oiepé, iŷpŷ (obsolete)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jɛˈpɛ/, /jeˈpe/
  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: ye‧pé

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Tupi oîepé.[1] The use as an indefinite article is a semantic loan from Portuguese um.

Numeral

yepé

  1. one
Derived terms
  • irundí-pú-yepé
  • mukũi-pú-yepé
  • musapiri-pú-yepé
  • pú-yepé
  • yeperesé
  • yepesara
  • yepesawa
  • yepewara
  • yepewasú
  • yepé-amú-kwesé
  • yepé-papasawa

Article

yepé

  1. (indefinite) a; an

Pronoun

yepé

  1. somebody; someone (some person)
  2. one (element of a previously mentioned class)
Derived terms
  • nẽ yepé
  • yepé awá
  • yepé waá
  • yepé-yepé

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Tupi îepé.[1]

Particle

yepé

  1. indicates a "frustrative" aspect:
    1. (of a verb) indicates the action was uselessly done or that a downside exists; uselessly; to no success; in vain; although
      Kunhamukú upaka, usasemu-putari yepé, ti mayé
      The girl woke up and, although she wanted to scream, she couldn't
    2. (of a predicate nominal) indicates a implicit adversative clause
      Aé puranga yepé
      He was good [but not anymore]
  2. indicates something was achieved with difficulty; notwithstanding; nevertheless; in the end

References
  1. Marcel Twardowsky Ávila (2021) “yepé”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 875–877
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