pa'i

Guaraní

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pai.

Noun

pa'i

1. (Christianity) father, ecclesiastical priest

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paˈʔi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: pa‧'i

Noun

pa'i (unpossessable)

1. mister (term of address to an adult male)
2. (Christianity, Late Tupi) father (term of address to a priest)
3. (Christianity, Late Tupi, by extension) priest, clergyman

   Synonym: abaré

   Xe reroketé pa'i

   the priest has truly baptized me

Descendants

• Nheengatu: paí

Interjection

pa'i

1. oh my Lord

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pa'i”, 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 368, column 1