kûesé

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• kûeîsé

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní kuehe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kwɛˈsɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: kûe‧sé

Adverb

kûesé

1. yesterday
2. a few days ago, recently

Derived terms

• kûesebe'ĩ
• kûesepyryb
• kûesete'ĩ
• kûesete'ĩbé
• kûesete'ĩmbyryb

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: kwesé

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kûesekûesé”, 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 239, column 1