Old Tupi

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sɨ.kɨˈjɛ]
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: sy‧ky‧îé

Noun

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sykyîé (possessable)

  1. fear (emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)
    Synonym: sykyîaba

Verb

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sykyîé (first-person singular active indicative asykyîé, first-person singular negative active indicative n'asykyîéî, first-person singular gerund gûisykyîébo, noun sykyîé) (intransitive)

  1. to fear; to be afraid [with suí or gerund ‘of something’]
    Synonym: nheangu

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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