sykyîé

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• sekyîé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɨ.kɨˈjɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: sy‧ky‧îé

Noun

sykyîé (possessable)

1. fear (emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)

   Synonym: sykyîaba

Verb

sykyîé (first-person singular active indicative asykyîé, first-person singular negative active indicative nasykyîéî, noun sykyîé) (intransitive)

1. to fear (to feel fear)

   Abaetá osykyîé.

   Many Indians were afraid.

2. (with suí) to fear (to be afraid of)

Synonyms

• nheangu

Derived terms

• sykyîaba
• sykyîebora
• sykyîéba

 

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sykyîé”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 451, column 2