Mbyá Guaraní

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Etymology

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From yy +‎ e'ẽ.

Noun

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ye'ẽ

  1. salt water
  2. sea, ocean

Old Tupi

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Noun

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ye'ẽ (possessable)

  1. (hapax) pitfall (trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground)
    — Marãnamope peîapó aîpó ye'ẽ? — Oroîapó, îagûara xe boîá ra'yra gûarûera mbo'asagûama resé.[1]
    — Why are you making that pitfall? — We are making it to catch the jaguar that ate my servant's son.

References

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  1. ^ Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, page 344