îasy

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings 
Araújo (1618) yaci
VLB (1622) jaci / jacig

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jaˈsɨ]
  • Rhymes: -ɨ
  • Hyphenation: îa‧sy

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jat͡ʃɨ, from Proto-Tupian *watɨ.

    Cognate with Mbya Guarani jaxy and Paraguayan Guarani jasy.

    Noun

    îasy (unpossessable)

    1. Moon (natural satellite of the Earth)
      • 1622, anonymous author, “Eclypsar-se a lua”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 108; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
        Jacibaeyaú […]
        [Îasy mba'e îa'u […] ]
        The moon was eclipsed.
        (literally, “The moon was eaten.”)
    2. starfish
      Synonyms: îasytatá, îasytatagûasu
      • [1587, Gabriel Soares de Sousa, chapter CXLIII, in Notícia do Brasil (in Portuguese), Salvador; republished as Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, editor, Tratado descriptivo do Brazil em 1587, 2nd edition, Rio de Janeiro: João Ignancio da Silva, 1879, page 272:
        Lança este mar fóra muitas vezes, com tormenta, umas estrellas da mesma feição e tamanho das que lança o mar de Hespanha, as quaes não servem para nada, a que os indios chamam jacî.
        Many times, this sea throws away, with the storms, some stars the same shape and size of the ones thrown by the Spanish sea, which are useless, that the Indians call “îasy”.]
    3. (Late Tupi) month (period into which a year is divided)
      • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Do primeiro nouiſsimo, que he a morte” (chapter I), in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Oitavo dos quatro novissimos do homen […] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 156v:
        Marã eteĩ raumope amó Anhangarata pôra recou ycô ârapupe oyepe yaci Tupã ebanoĩ çuí omomborû omoingoberememô […]
        [Marãete'ĩ ra'umope amõ Anhanga ratá pora rekóû ikó 'ara pupé oîepé îasy Tupã ebanõî suí o moingobérememo […] ]
        How would an inhabitant of Hell live in this world if God made him live out of there for a month?
      • 1622, anonymous author, “Mês [Month]”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 36; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
        Mocôy Jacig […]
        [Mokõî îasy […] ]
        Two months.
    • îasya'yra
    • îasyangaîbara
    • îasyendy
    • îasyobagûasu
    • îasysemano
    • îasytatá
    Descendants
    • Nheengatu: yasí

    Etymology 2

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      Noun

      îasy (unpossessable)

      1. palm tree of the species Attalea butyracea[1]
      Descendants
      • → Portuguese: jaci

      References

      1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “îasy”, 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 163, column 2

      Further reading

      • Papavero, Nelson; Teixeira, Dante Martins (2014), Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupi zoonymy in the 16th-century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 284, line 326
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