Nheengatu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Tupi îasy (moon).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /jaˈsi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: ya‧sí

Noun

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yasí (plural yasí-itá)

  1. Moon
  2. lunar month (period from one new moon until the next)
  3. month (one of the 12 periods into which a year is divided)
  4. (obsolete, broadly) celestial body
  5. (archaic) menstruation
  6. (archaic) gestation

Derived terms

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Verb

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yasí

  1. (archaic, intransitive) to menstruate

References

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  1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “yasí”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal]‎[1] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 859–860