u'i

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ui"

Old Tupi

u'i

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní hu'i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [uˈʔi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: u‧'i

Noun

u'i (possessable)

1. flour

Derived terms

• u'iabiruru
• u'iapu'a
• u'iatã
• u'iesakûatinga
• u'imogûapaba
• u'imoîypaba
• u'ipeba
• u'ipuba
• u'ipuku
• u'ipukuîtaba
• u'isyka
• u'itinga
• U'itinga
• u'iîará

Descendants

• Nheengatu: uí

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “u'i”, 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 495, column 2

Rapa Nui

Etymology

Borrowed from Tahitian ʻuhi (“to visit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.ʔi/
• Hyphenation: u‧'i

Verb

u'i

1. (intransitive) to look; to watch

References

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 42
• “ū'i”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29