pa'i
Guaraní edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese pai.
Noun edit
pa'i
Old Tupi edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pa'i (unpossessable)
- mister (term of adress to an adult male)
- (Christianity, Late Tupi) father (term of adress to a priest)
- (Christianity, Late Tupi, by extension) priest, clergyman
- Synonym: abaré
- Xe reroketé pa'i
- the priest has truly baptized me
Descendants edit
- Nheengatu: paí
Interjection edit
pa'i
Further reading edit
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pa'i”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 368, column 1