yvy

Guaraní

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɨ.ˈʋɨ/ [ɨˈʋɨ]

Noun

yvy

  1. earth; land
  2. country

Mbyá Guaraní

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɨˈβɨ/, [ɨˈβɨ] ~ [ɨˈvɨ]
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Hyphenation: y‧vy

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨβɨ, from Proto-Tupian *ɨpʷɨ. Cognate with Guaraní yvy.

    Noun

    yvy

    1. earth; land
    2. country
    • henda yvy
    • ko yvy
    • kova'e yvy
    • yvy irũ
    • yvy jo'oa'i
    • yvy joja reia
    • yvy jykue
    • yvy karaĩa
    • yvy katy
    • yvy ku'i
    • yvy kyxĩa
    • yvy rataxĩ
    • yvy rupi
    • yvy ugua / yvyugua
    • yvy xiĩ
    • yvy-ryryi

    Etymology 2

    Cognate with Guaraní tyvy.

    Noun

    yvy (non-possessed form tyvy)

    1. younger brother (said by a man)
    Possessed forms
        Possessed forms of yvy
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person
    inclusive     		1st person
    exclusive     		2nd person 3rd person
    xeryvy nderyvy hyvy nhanderyvy oreryvy penderyvy hyvy

    Etymology 3

    Postposition

    yvy

    1. combining form of yvýry

    References

    • Robert A. Dooley (August 2016) “yvy”, in Léxico guarani, dialeto mbyá: guarani-português (overall work in Portuguese), Anápolis: SIL Brasil, page 209
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