îy

See also: iy, ıy, and -iy

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɨ], [ˈʒɨ]
• Rhymes: -ɨ
• Hyphenation: îy

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jɨ (“axe”), from Proto-Tupian *wɨ (“axe”).

Noun

îy (possessable)

1. stone axe (tool for felling trees or chopping wood)

   Coordinate term: îykûara (“steel axe”)

2. tool (any piece of equipment used in a profession or to make a task easier)

Derived terms

• îy'yba
• îyapara
• îyatĩmuku
• îygûaîa
• îykûara
• îykûasokaba
• îymonhangaba
• îynambikûara
• îyoby
• îypytym
• îytaka

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: jí

Etymology 2

Noun

îy (possessable)

1. (North Tupi) Alternative form of 'y

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îy”, 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 203, column 1