gûyrype

Old Tupi

Etymology

From gûyra (“bottom, lower part, bottom part”) +‎ -y- (epenthetic linking vowel) +‎ -pe (“in, on, at”). Cognate with Guaraní guýpe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwɨ.ɾɨ.pɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɨɾɨpɛ
• Hyphenation: gûy‧ry‧pe

Postposition

gûyrype

1. below (in a specific sense)

   Paka onhemim ybyrá gûyrype, onhemombepa. ― The paca hid below the tree, crouching down.

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûyrype”, 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 2