ñe'ẽryru

Paraguayan Guarani

Etymology

From ñe'ẽ (“word”) +‎ ryru (“container”), literally “container of words”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲeʔẽɾɨˈɾu/
  • (Paraguayan Guarani) IPA(key): [ɲẽ̞ʔẽ̞ɾɨˈɾu]
  • (Southwestern Guarani) IPA(key): [ɲɛ̃ʔɛ̃ɾɨˈɾu]
  • (Eastern Guarani) IPA(key): [ɲẽ̞(ʔ)ẽ̞ɾɨˈɾu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: ñe‧'ẽ‧ry‧ru

Noun

ñe'ẽryru (plural ñe'ẽryrukuéra)

  1. (neologism) dictionary, vocabulary
    Synonyms: ñe'ẽapytĩ, ñe'ẽndy, ñe'ẽrenda
    Ndahaivéi ahaivai ñe'ẽryrúpe añandu haguére ambyaitaha.
    I dislike scribbling the dictionary 'cause I feel like I'm ruining it.

Descendants

  • → Nheengatu: nheenga-rirú (calque)

References

  • Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “ñe'ẽryru”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 74, column 2
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