a'e
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ae"
Old Tupi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aʔe (“he”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
a'e (1st class, 3rd person singular and plural, possessive i, reflexive possessive o, dative i xupé)
Descendants edit
Determiner edit
a'e
Adverb edit
a'e
Particle edit
a'e
- (before a phrase) used to emphasize a question
- 2013 [1999], Joseph of Anchieta, edited by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro de Anchieta, quoted in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil, São Paulo: Global Editora, page 11, column 2:
- — A'epe ké amboaé?
— Karaibebé serã...- — What about this one?
— Perhaps it's the angel...
- — What about this one?
Usage notes edit
Used simmilarly to Latin numquid, Japanese ね, and English innit as an emphasis to the thing being asked, usually being ignored when translating to other languages. Since it comes at the beginning of a question, it's always followed by the particle -pe.
See also edit
Old Tupi demonstratives
Demonstrative Adjectives | ||
---|---|---|
Visible | Nonvisible | |
Proximal | ã, ang, iã, iang, ikó, kó | ã, ang, iã, iang |
Medial | ebokûé, ebokûeî, eboûing, eboûĩ, ûĩ | aîpó |
Distal | kûé, kûeî | a'e, aîpó, akó, akûeî |
Demonstrative Pronouns | ||
Visible | Nonvisible | |
Proximal | ã, ãa, ãba'e anga, angyba'e iã, iãa, iãba'e ianga, iangyba'e ikó, ikoa, ikoba'e kó, koa, koba'e |
ã, ãa, ãba'e anga, angyba'e iã, iãa, iãba'e ianga, iangyba'e |
Medial | ebokûé, ebokûea, ebokûeba'e ebokûeîa, ebokûeîba'e eboûinga, eboûingyba'e eboûĩ, eboûĩa, eboûĩba'e ûĩ, uĩa, uĩba'e |
aîpó, aîpoa, aîpoba'e |
Distal | kûé, kûea, kûeba'e kûeîa, kûeîba'e |
a'e, a'ea, a'eba'e aîpó, aîpoa, aîpoba'e akó, akoa, akoba'e akûeîa, akûeîba'e |
References edit
Further reading edit
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “a'e”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil[1] (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 10–11
- http://tupi.fflch.usp.br/
Scots edit
Numeral edit
a'e
- Alternative form of ae
References edit
- “a'e, adj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.