Cornish

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Etymology 1

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Contraction of a +‎ y.

Contraction

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a'y (triggers soft mutation)

  1. Contraction of a and y (his).

Etymology 2

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Contraction of a +‎ hy.

Contraction

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a'y (triggers aspirate mutation)

  1. Contraction of a and hy (her).

Mbyá Guaraní

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Noun

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a'y (non-possessed form ta'y)

  1. son (said by a man)

Conjugation

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Old Tupi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aʔi, from Proto-Tupian *aʔi.

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní a'i.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [aˈʔɨ]
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: a‧'y

Noun

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a'y (unpossessable)

  1. brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
    Coordinate term: una'u

Descendants

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  • Nheengatu:
  • Brazilian Portuguese: , aígue
    • English: ai

References

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  • André Thevet (15571558) chapter 52, in Les singularitez de la France Antarctique [The singularities of France Antarctique] (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Maurice de La Porte, page 99:Haüt [A'y]
  • André Thevet (1575) chapter XIII, in La Coſmographie Vniuerſelle d’André Theuet [The Universal Cosmography of André Thevet], volume II (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Guillaume Chaudiere, page 940v:Haüt [A'y]
  • Jean de Léry (1578) chapter X, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 165:Hay [A'y]
  • Gabriel Soares de Sousa (1587) chapter CVII, in Noticia do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, editor, Tratado descriptivo do Brazil em 1587, Rio de Janeiro: Laemmert, 1851, page 257:ahy [a'y]
  • anonymous author (1622) “Perguissa, pello animal assi chamado”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 73:Aig [A'y]
  • Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) chapter I, in Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], volume VI (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 221:Ai [A'y]
  • Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “a'y”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: the classical indigenous language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 74, column 2
  • Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus [16th century catalogue of the Brazilian coast's fauna as documented by European authors]”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 257