asy

Malagasy

Noun

asy

1. (dialectal, Tankarana, Taisaka) respect, veneration

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tat͡sɨ (“to hurt, pain”), from Proto-Tupian *(j)atɨ (“to hurt, pain”).

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní axy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈsɨ/
• Rhymes: -ɨ
• Hyphenation: a‧sy

Adjective

asy (IIa class pluriform, R1 rasy, R2 sasy, noun form asy)

1. aching; pained
2. painful
3. arduous
4. suffering
5. bad; evil

Adverb

asy

1. painfully
2. (figurative) too, overly

Noun

asy (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute tasy, R1 rasy, R2 sasy)

1. pain (ache or bodily suffering)
2. illness; affliction
3. suffering
4. evil
5. problem

   Na sasyî ― No problem

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “asy”, 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