yasí

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yasi"

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

• iasi, jasi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi îasy (“moon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaˈsi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ya‧sí

Noun

yasí (plural yasí-itá)

1. Moon
2. lunar month (period from one new moon until the next)
3. month (one of the 12 periods into which a year is divided)
4. (obsolete, loosely) celestial body
5. (archaic) menstruation
6. (archaic) gestation

Derived terms

• kunhã-yasí
• pisayé-yasí
• yasitatá
• yasí-mirĩ
• yasí-pirera
• yasí-pisasú
• yasí-rapé
• yasí-rendí
• yasí-suawasú
• yasí-tayá
• Yasí-Waruá
• yasí-yaruka
• yasí-yumunhã
• yasí-yumuturusú

Verb

yasí

1. (archaic, intransitive) to menstruate

Conjugation

Conjugation of yasí
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	affirmative	ayasí	reyasí	uyasí	yayasí	peyasí	uyasí
	negative	ti ayasí	ti reyasí	ti uyasí	ti yayasí	ti peyasí	ti uyasí
imperative	affirmative		reyasí		yayasí	peyasí
	negative		te reyasí		te yayasí	te peyasí