yepé

Nheengatu

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Cardinal: yepé     Ordinal: tenundewara, yepesara, yepesawa, yepewara, yupirungawa     Collective: yepé-yepé     Fractional: yepewasú

Alternative forms

• iepé
• oupé, iépé, oyepe, yepe, oiepen, oiepeu, oyepé, muyepé, oiepé, iŷpŷ (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɛˈpɛ/, /jeˈpe/
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: ye‧pé

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Tupi oîepé. The use as an indefinite article is a semantic loan from Portuguese um.

Numeral

yepé

1. one

Derived terms

• irundí-pú-yepé
• mukũi-pú-yepé
• musapiri-pú-yepé
• pú-yepé
• yeperesé
• yepesara
• yepesawa
• yepewara
• yepewasú
• yepé-amú-kwesé
• yepé-papasawa

 

Article

yepé

1. (indefinite) a; an

Pronoun

yepé

1. somebody; someone (some person)
2. one (element of a previously mentioned class)

Derived terms

• nẽ yepé
• yepé awá
• yepé waá
• yepé-yepé

 

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Tupi îepé.

Particle

yepé

1. indicates a "frustrative" aspect:
   1. (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

   2. (of a predicate nominal) indicates a implicit adversative clause

      Aé puranga yepé

      He was good [but not anymore]

2. indicates something was achieved with difficulty; notwithstanding; nevertheless; in the end