nhy'ã

Old Tupi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jeʔã (“heart”).^[1]

Cognate with Guaraní ñe'ã.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɲɨˈʔã/
Rhymes: -ã
Hyphenation: nhy‧'ã

Noun edit

nhy'ã (possessable)

heart (blood-pumping organ)
(broadly) bowels; entrails (the internal organs)
Synonyms: py'a, ybỹîa

Usage notes edit

For heart in the figurative sense, as the core of emotions, see py'a.

Derived terms edit

References edit

^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 168

Further reading edit

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nhy'ã”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 349, column 2

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