yasí

See also: Appendix:Variations of "yasi"

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Tupi îasy,[1] from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jat͡ʃɨ, from Proto-Tupian *watɨ.

    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. (dated, loosely) celestial body
      Synonym: werawa
    5. (obsolete) menstruation
      Hyponym: kasimahu
    6. (obsolete) gestation
      Synonym: puruãsawa

    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. (obsolete, intransitive) to menstruate
      Hyponym: waimĩ

    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

    References

    1. ^ Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “yasí”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal]‎[1] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 859–860
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