y

head

y (possessable, IIb class pluriform, absolute ty, R1 ry, R2 ty)

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tɨ (“liquid, urine”), from Proto-Tupian *tˀɨ (“liquid, urine”). Doublet of ty.
Cognate with Sateré-Mawé hɨ (“river”), Guaraní ty (“urine”).


amana

Nheengatu: amana

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aman, from Proto-Tupian *aman.
Cognate with Guaraní ama. Unrelated to Japanese 雨 (ame).


ty

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tɨ (“liquid, urine”), from Proto-Tupian *tˀɨ (“liquid, urine”). Doublet of y.
Cognate with Sateré-Mawé hɨ (“river”), Guaraní ty (“urine”).


paranã

desctree

Nheengatu: paraná
→ Brazilian Portuguese: paraná

→ Portuguese: Paraná

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *paranã.


kamby

Nheengatu: kambí

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kamɨ. By surface analysis, kama (“breast”) + y (“liquid”).
Cognate with Guaraní kamby.

surf

milk (white liquid produced by the mammary glands)


'y

Nheengatu: ií

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨ, from Proto-Tupian *ʔɨ.
Cognate with Aurá, Awetí, Emerillon, Guajá, Sateré-Mawé, Tapirapé, Tembé, and Xingú Asuriní ʔɨ and Guaraní y.


andyrá

Nheengatu: andirá

→ Brazilian Portuguese: andirá

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *anɨra.

inh+

Anjo. Baepe que tuj opica?
Andira ruâpee.
Panama, coipo guaiquica?
enero, cururu açica?
eri, carigueya e.
Ejori
baenẽ baepoxi
bora, miaratacaca
ceboi, tamarutaca
ſarau[aya] — Xepoeirai, xeropecij
auye, teume xemombaca.

c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L^(ço)” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ], Niterói, page 71, lines 483–493; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 133:

Angel: What is here, lying still? Is it a bat, a butterfly or a short-tailed opossum? Maybe a crippled frog? Ay opossum! Come, you stinky, nasty thing, stingless bee, skunk, worm, mantis shrimp.
Saraûaîa: I'm tired, I'm sleepy. Enough! Don't wake me up!

Gabriel Soares de Sousa
w:Gabriel Soares de Sousa

Noticia do Brasil
w:pt:Notícia do Brasil

bat (any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera)


kaûĩ

Nheengatu: kawĩ

→ Portuguese: cauim

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kawĩ (“fermented drink, corn drink”).
Compare Mbyá Guaraní kaguijy and Paraguayan Guaraní kaguy.

inh+

cauim (traditional alcoholic beverage made by the fermentation of cashews, manioc or maize)


ugûy

head

ugûy (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute tugûy, R1 rugûy, R2 sugûy)

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tuwy, from Proto-Mawé-Guaraní *cuy, from Proto-Tupian *jəɯ.
Cognate with Sateré-Mawé suː, Guaraní tuguy.


ugûy

ugûy (IIa class pluriform, R1 rugûy, R2 sugûy, noun form ugûy)

form ugûy (noun)
Causative
mougûy
-ba'e
sugûyba'e
-sab
-saba
ugûŷaba／ugûysaba
Singular
Singular & Plural
Plural
1ˢᵗ person
2ⁿᵈ person
3ʳᵈ person
1ˢᵗ person exclusive
1ˢᵗ person inclusive
Indicative (active)
xe rugûy (active)
sugûy (active)
oré rugûy (active)
îandé rugûy (active)
Imperative (active)
Permissive (active)
ta xe rugûy (active)
ta nde rugûy (active)
ta sugûy (active)
t'oré rugûy (active)
t'îandé rugûy (active)
ta pe rugûy (active)
Negative indicative (active)
na xe rugûyî (active)
na nde rugûyî (active)
na sugûyî (active)
n'oré rugûyî (active)
n'îandé rugûyî (active)
na pe rugûyî (active)
Negative imperative (active)
nde rugûy umẽ (active)
pe rugûy umẽ (active)
Negative permissive (active)
ta xe rugûy umẽ (active)
ta nde rugûy umẽ (active)
ta sugûy umẽ (active)
t'oré rugûy umẽ (active)
t'îandé rugûy umẽ (active)
ta pe rugûy umẽ (active)
Affirmative (gerund)
xe rugûyramo (gerund)
nde rugûyramo (gerund)
o ugûyramo (gerund)
oré rugûyramo (gerund)
îandé rugûyramo (gerund)
pe rugûyramo (gerund)
Negative (gerund)
xe rugûye'ymamo (gerund)
nde rugûye'ymamo (gerund)
o ugûye'ymamo (gerund)
oré rugûye'ymamo (gerund)
îandé rugûye'ymamo (gerund)
pe rugûye'ymamo (gerund)
Affirmative (infinitive)
ugûy (infinitive)
Negative (infinitive)
ugûye'yma (infinitive)
same as gerund (infinitive)
xe rugûyû (infinitive)
sugûyû (infinitive)
oré rugûyû (infinitive)
îandé rugûyû (infinitive)
xe rugûye'ymi (infinitive)
sugûye'ymi (infinitive)
oré rugûye'ymi (infinitive)
îandé rugûye'ymi (infinitive)

16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, compiled by Eduardo de Almeida Navarro and Helder Perri Ferreira, Poemas: lírica portuguesa e tupi (Poetas do Brasil; 5), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, published 2004, →ISBN, page 184):

His mother wasn't bleeding even: she was dry, she wasn't deflowered.

menstruous (currently undergoing menstruation)


ybytinga

→ Portuguese: Ibitinga

/ɨ.βɨˈtĩ.ŋa/

From yby (“earth”) + tinga (“whiteness”).


îy

Nheengatu: jí

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

inh+

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


a'yra

head

a'yra (possessable, IIb class pluriform, absolute ta'yra, R1 ra'yra, R2 ta'yra, female equivalent aîyra)

Nheengatu: taíra

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aʔɨr (“son of a man”), from Proto-Tupian *aʔɨt (“son of a man”).
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní a'y.

inh+

first cousin once removed
first cousin once removed

first cousin once removed (son of a male first cousin)


yku

head

yku (possessable, IIb class pluriform, absolute tyku, R1 ryku, R2 tyku)


endy

endy (IIa class pluriform, R1 rendy, R2 sendy, noun form endy)

form endy (noun)
Causative
moendy
-ba'e
sendyba'e
-sab
-saba
endŷaba／endysaba
Singular
Singular & Plural
Plural
1ˢᵗ person
2ⁿᵈ person
3ʳᵈ person
1ˢᵗ person exclusive
1ˢᵗ person inclusive
Indicative (active)
xe rendy (active)
sendy (active)
oré rendy (active)
îandé rendy (active)
Imperative (active)
Permissive (active)
ta xe rendy (active)
ta nde rendy (active)
ta sendy (active)
t'oré rendy (active)
t'îandé rendy (active)
ta pe rendy (active)
Negative indicative (active)
na xe rendyî (active)
na nde rendyî (active)
na sendyî (active)
n'oré rendyî (active)
n'îandé rendyî (active)
na pe rendyî (active)
Negative imperative (active)
nde rendy umẽ (active)
pe rendy umẽ (active)
Negative permissive (active)
ta xe rendy umẽ (active)
ta nde rendy umẽ (active)
ta sendy umẽ (active)
t'oré rendy umẽ (active)
t'îandé rendy umẽ (active)
ta pe rendy umẽ (active)
Affirmative (gerund)
xe rendyramo (gerund)
nde rendyramo (gerund)
o endyramo (gerund)
oré rendyramo (gerund)
îandé rendyramo (gerund)
pe rendyramo (gerund)
Negative (gerund)
xe rendye'ymamo (gerund)
nde rendye'ymamo (gerund)
o endye'ymamo (gerund)
oré rendye'ymamo (gerund)
îandé rendye'ymamo (gerund)
pe rendye'ymamo (gerund)
Affirmative (infinitive)
endy (infinitive)
Negative (infinitive)
endye'yma (infinitive)
same as gerund (infinitive)
xe rendyû (infinitive)
sendyû (infinitive)
oré rendyû (infinitive)
îandé rendyû (infinitive)
xe rendye'ymi (infinitive)
sendye'ymi (infinitive)
oré rendye'ymi (infinitive)
îandé rendye'ymi (infinitive)

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *en-tɨ, from Proto-Tupian *enɨ. By surface analysis, ena (“mouth”) + y (“liquid”).
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní endyry.


'ykaraíba

Calque of Portuguese água benta, from 'y + karaíb + -a.

Anhanga nhegoacẽbâba igcaraiba.

(Can we date this quote?), Antônio de Araújo, chapter VII, in (Please provide the book title or journal name) (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon, page 142:

The holy water is the reason of Devil's fleeing.


amanarypy'aka

From amana (“rain”) + rypy'aka (“curdled liquid or broth”).


ro'yrypy'aka

From ro'y (“coldness”) + rypy'aka (“curdled liquid or broth”).


amanarypy'oka

From amana (“rain”) + rypy'oka (“curdled liquid or broth”).


ro'yrypy'oka

[ɾɔ.ʔɨ.ɾɨ.pɨˈʔɔ.ka]

From ro'y (“coldness”) + rypy'oka (“curdled liquid or broth”).


itaekobé

From itá (“metal”) + ekobé (“living”), literally “living metal”.