ypy

Guaraní

Noun

ypy

  1. origin; beginning

Old Tupi
Old Tupi numbers (edit)
1 2  → 
    Cardinal: oîepé
    Ordinal: ypy
    Adverbial: oîepé
    Collective: oîepegûasu
    Fractional: gûetépe

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɨˈpɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Hyphenation: y‧py

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨpɨ (“base of a tree”), from Proto-Tupian *kˀɨpˀɨ (“tree trunk”).[1][2]

Cognate with Guaraní ypy.

Adjective

ypy

  1. original; initial (pertaining to the beginning, cause or origin)
  2. based (having a basis)

Adverb

ypy

  1. firstly; in the first place

Noun

ypy (possessable)

  1. origin; beginning; start
    Synonym: sy
  2. first (person or thing in the first position)
  3. base; basis; foundation (supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object)
  4. top (uppermost part)
  5. stalk; tree trunk
Descendants
  • Nheengatu: ipí

Numeral

ypy

  1. first

Etymology 2

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Noun

ypy (IIb class pluriform, absolute typy, R1 rypy, R2 typy) (possessable)

  1. depth
  2. bottom
Descendants
  • Nheengatu: ipí, tipí, ripí

Adjective

ypy (IIb class pluriform, R1 rypy, R2 typy)

  1. deep

Etymology 3

Clipping of ypyrung.

Verb

ypy

  1. (transitive) to start

References
  1. Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
  2. Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues (2007) “As consoantes do proto-tupí”, in Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues, Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral, editors, Línguas e culturas tupí‎, 1 edition, volume 1, Campinas: Curt Nimuendajú, pages 167–204

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