Guaraní

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Etymology

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Compound of ñe'ẽ (speak, language) +‎ pu (sound).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ɲeʔẽˈpu/

  • (Paraguayan Guarani) IPA(key): [ɲẽ̞ʔẽ̞ˈpu];
  • (Southwestern Guarani) IPA(key): [ɲɛ̃ʔɛ̃ˈpu];
  • (Eastern Guarani) IPA(key): [ɲẽ̞(ʔ)ẽ̞ˈpu].
  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

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ñe'ẽpu (plural ñe'ẽpukuéra, locative ñe'ẽpúpe, semblative ñe'ẽpúicha)

  1. (linguistics, phonetics) phoneme
    Upéi oñembo'e temimbo'ekuérape oñemboja'o hag̃ua ha ombojoaju hag̃ua ñe'ẽhaikuéra ha ñe'ẽpukuéra.
    Students are then taught to break apart and put together (written) words and phonemes.
    • 2007 December 14, David Abdón Galeano Olivera, Ñe'ẽkuaaty ha Ñe'ẽtekuaa:
      Ndaipóri ñe'ẽpu ñe'ẽte'ỹre, ha, upéicha, avei ndaipóri ñe'ẽte ñe'ẽpu'ỹre. Mokõive ndikatúi oiko ojoehe'ỹ. Ñaikotevẽ ñe'ẽpúre ñamoañete hagua ñe'ẽte.
      There is no phoneme without language, and, so, there's no language without phonemes. The two cannot exist without each other. We need phonemes to confirm the words themselves.
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