yvyku'i

Paraguayan Guarani

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨβɨkuʔi (“sand”).[1] By surface analysis, yvy (“ground, floor”) +‎ ku'i (“milled”).[2][3]

Cognate with Old Tupi ybyku'i.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɨʋɨkuˈʔi/, [ɯʋɯkuˈʔi], [ɯvɯ-]
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

yvyku'i

  1. sand
  2. dust

References

  1. ^ Mello, Antônio Augusto Souza (2000), “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos [Lexical reconstructions and cognates]” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais [Historical study of the Tupi-Guarani language family: phonological and lexical aspects] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 206, line 3
  2. ^ yvy: from 'Hippocrene concise dictionary, Guaraní-english, english-guaraní', page 117
  3. ^ ku'i: from 'Kauderwelsch 34, Guarani Wort für Wort', page 185
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