sye'yma
Old Tupi edit
Etymology edit
From sy (“mother”) + -e'ym (“-less”) + -a.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sye'yma (possessable)
- maternal orphan (child who has lost their mother)
References edit
- ^ 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