yke'yra

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• eky'yra, yky'yra

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɨ.kɛˈʔɨ.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -ɨɾa
• Hyphenation: y‧ke‧'y‧ra

Noun

yke'yra (IIb class pluriform, absolute tyke'yra, R1 ryke'yra, R2 tyke'yra) (possessable)

1. older brother (of a man)
   • c. 1628, Luís Figueira, Arte da lingua Braſilica [Art of the Brasílica Language]‎^[1] (overall work in Portuguese), Lisbon: Manuel da Silva, page 89v:

     Guixobo açobaitĩ derequiȷra.

     [Gûixóbo asobaîtĩ nde reky'yra.]

     Going, I ran into your older brother.

2. older cousin, son of the father's brother (of a man)
3. older nephew, son of the brother (of a man)

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “yke'yra”, 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 528, column 2