aysó

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.ɨˈsɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: a‧y‧só

Noun

aysó (possessable)

1. beauty
   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter 2, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], 1 edition, Livro Segundo do Cathecismo, e summa da Doctrina Christam [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 37v:

     […] o aigçô abè ocepiac.

     [ […] o aysó abé osepîak.]

     […] they also saw their own beauty.

Adjective

aysó (noun form aysó)

1. beautiful
   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter 62, in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], page 276, lines 21–25; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 597:

     Yaiço nipo yaci / ogoba goaçu reru / Endete pay Jeſu / demoaiço ete ixui / de remomorangatu

     [I aysó nipó îasy, / og obagûasu reru. / Endéte, pa'i Îesu / nde moaysoeté i xuí, / nde remomorãngatu.]

     Beautiful, certainly, is the moon, bringing its great face. But you, Lord Jesus have made you more beautiful than it, your name celebrating greatly.

Adverb

aysó

1. beautifully
   • 1686 [1618], Antônio de Araújo, edited by Bartolomeu de Leão, Cateciſmo Braſilico da Doutrina Chriſtãa [Brazilian Catechism of the Christian Doctrine], 2 edition, Catalogo dos dias Santos de guarda, & de jejum (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Miguel Deslandes, page 124:

     Chriſto iandé iâra Judeos oiucáriré, oicôbé iebyâbo oberáb äyçó maranëym^[sic] goeropüã, ocy, oboiá etá möapycyca.

     [Cristo Îandé Îara judeus o îuká riré, oîkobeîebŷabo, oberabaysó, marane'yma gûeropu'ã, o sy, o boîaetá moapysyka.]

     After the Jews killed Christ our Lord, upon coming back to life, he shone beautifully, rising in good health, pleasing his mother and his many disciples.

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “aysó”, 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 76, column 2