etymã

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• tymã

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *etɨmã.

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní tetyma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ.tɨ̃ˈmã/
• Rhymes: -ã
• Hyphenation: e‧ty‧mã

Noun

etymã (IIa class pluriform, absolute tetymã, R1 retymã, R2 setymã) (possessable)

1. leg (lower limb from groin to ankle)
2. leg (rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object)

   karûaba retymã

   the leg of the table

Synonyms

• kupy

Related terms

• etymãkanga
• etymãkangupîara
• etymãmbûera
• etymão'o
• etymãygé
• etymãîura

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: etimã

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “etymã”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil‎^[2] (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 123–124