îasy

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jaˈsɨ]
• Rhymes: -ɨ
• Hyphenation: îa‧sy

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jat͡sɨ, from Proto-Tupian *watɨ.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní jaxy and Paraguayan Guaraní jasy.

Noun

îasy (unpossessable)

1. Moon (natural satellite of the Earth)
   • 1622, anonymous author, “Eclypsar-se a lua”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 108; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Jacibaeyaú […]

     [Îasy mba'e îa'u […] ]

     The moon was eclipsed.

     (literally, “The moon was eaten.”)

2. starfish

   Synonyms: îasytatá, îasytatagûasu

3. (Late Tupi, hapax) month (period into which a year is divided)
   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Do primeiro nouiſsimo, que he a morte” (chapter I), in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Oitavo dos quatro novissimos do homen [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 156v:

     Marã eteĩ raumope amó Anhangarata pôra recou ycô ârapupe oyepe yaci Tupã ebanoĩ çuí omomborû omoingoberememô […]

     [Marãete'ĩ ra'umope amõ Anhanga ratá pora rekóû ikó 'ara pupé oîepé îasy Tupã ebanõî suí o moingobérememo […] ]

     How would a inhabitant of Hell live in this world if God made him live out of there for a month?

Related terms

• îasya'yra
• îasyangaîbara
• îasyangaîbara
• îasyendy
• îasyobagûasu
• îasyobagûasu
• îasysemano
• îasytatá

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: yasí

Etymology 2

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Noun

îasy (unpossessable)

1. palm tree of the species Attalea butyracea

Descendants

• → Portuguese: jaci

Etymology

• Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts]‎^[2] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îasy”, 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 163, column 2