gûyri

Old Tupi

Etymology

From gûyra (“bottom, lower part, bottom part”) +‎ -i (“on”, partitive sense postposition). Cognate with Guaraní guýre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwɨ.ɾi]
• Rhymes: -ɨɾi
• Hyphenation: gûy‧ri

Postposition

gûyri

1. below (in a specific sense)
2. less (comparatively)

Derived terms

• gûyri nhote
• gûyripyryb
• gûyripyrybĩ

 

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûyri”, 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 141, column 1