îasy
Old Tupi edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jat͡sɨ, from Proto-Tupian *watɨ.[1]
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní jaxy and Paraguayan Guaraní jasy.
Noun edit
îasy (unpossessable)
- Moon (natural satellite of the Earth)
- month (period into which a year is divided)
- starfish
- Synonyms: îasytatá, îasytatagûasu
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Nheengatu: yasí
Etymology 2 edit
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Noun edit
îasy (unpossessable)
- palm tree of the species Attalea butyracea
Descendants edit
- → Portuguese: jaci
References edit
Etymology edit
- Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos[2] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îasy”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 163, column 2