ugûy
Old Tupi
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tuwy, from Proto-Mawé-Guaraní *cuy, from Proto-Tupian *jəɯ.[1]
Cognate with Sateré-Mawé suː, Guaraní tuguy.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editugûy (IIa class pluriform, absolute tugûy, R1 rugûy, R2 sugûy) (possessable)
- blood
- an instance of menstruation
- Synonym: ekoaíba
Usage notes
editWhen referring to menstruation, the word ugûy was only used from the third instance onwards. The first period was called nhemondy'ara and the second îeporero'ypoka.[2]
Derived terms
editAdjective
editugûy (IIa class pluriform, R1 rugûy, R2 sugûy, noun form ugûy)
- bleeding (losing blood)
- 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, compiled by Eduardo de Almeida Navarro and Helder Perri Ferreira, Poemas: lírica portuguesa e tupi (Poetas do Brasil; 5), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, published 2004, →ISBN, page 184):
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- [I xy na sugûyî tiruã: i aku'i, n'i kûari nhẽ.]
- His mother wasn't bleeding even: she was dry, she wasn't deflowered.
- menstruous (currently undergoing menstruation)
Declension
edit Declension of ugûy (IIa pluriform, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)
References
edit- ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ugûy”, 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 495, column 1
Categories:
- Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupian
- Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupian
- Old Tupi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Old Tupi/ɨ
- Rhymes:Old Tupi/ɨ/2 syllables
- Old Tupi lemmas
- Old Tupi nouns
- Old Tupi IIa class nouns
- Old Tupi possessable nouns
- Old Tupi pluriform nouns
- Old Tupi adjectives
- Old Tupi IIa class adjectives
- Old Tupi pluriform adjectives
- tpw:Bodily fluids
- tpw:Blood
- tpw:Menstruation