nhy'ã

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jeʔã (“heart”).

Cognate with Guaraní ñe'ã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲɨˈʔã/
• Rhymes: -ã
• Hyphenation: nhy‧'ã

Noun

nhy'ã (possessable)

1. heart (blood-pumping organ)
2. (loosely) bowels; entrails (the internal organs)

   Synonyms: py'a, ybỹîa

Usage notes

For heart in the figurative sense, as the core of emotions, see py'a.

Derived terms

• nhy'ãbebuîa
• nhy'ãsama

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nhy'ã”, 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 349, column 2