yepé
Nheengatu
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Cardinal: yepé Ordinal: tenundewara, yepesara, yepesawa, yepewara, yupirungawa Collective: yepé-yepé Fractional: yepewasú |
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old Tupi oîepé.[1] The use as an indefinite article is a semantic loan from Portuguese um.
Numeral
edityepé
Derived terms
editArticle
edityepé
- (indefinite) a; an
Pronoun
edityepé
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editInherited from Old Tupi îepé.[1]
Particle
edityepé
- indicates a "frustrative" aspect:
- (of a verb) indicates the action was uselessly done or that a downside exists; uselessly; to no success; in vain; although
- Kunhamukú upaka, usasemu-putari yepé, ti mayé
- The girl woke up and, although she wanted to scream, she couldn't
- (of a predicate nominal) indicates a implicit adversative clause
- Aé puranga yepé
- He was good [but not anymore]
- (of a verb) indicates the action was uselessly done or that a downside exists; uselessly; to no success; in vain; although
- indicates something was achieved with difficulty; notwithstanding; nevertheless; in the end
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “yepé”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, , pages 875–877
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- Nheengatu lemmas
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