akypûeri

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˌkɨpweˈri/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: a‧ky‧pûe‧ri

Postposition

akypûeri (pluriform, R1 rakypûeri, R2 sakypûeri)

1. behind; in pursuit of; after, in the wake of
   • A. de Araújo, Catecismo na Lingoa Brasílica no qual se contem a summa da doctrina Christã. Com tudo o que pertence aos Mysterios de nossa sancta Fé & bõs custumes, 55

     Nd'osóîpe i boîá amõ sakypûeri?

     It wasn't one of your disciples after him?

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “akypûeri”, 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 28, column 1