ãîa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aia"

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tãj, from Proto-Tupian *jãj.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní tãi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈãja/
  • Rhymes: -ãja

Noun

ãîa (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute tãîa, R1 rãîa, R2 sãîa)

  1. tooth (hard structure present in the mouth of many animals)[2][3]
  2. (archery) tip of a wooden arrow
    • [1648, Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso, Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Rerum Naturalium Historiae, book VIII, chapter X (in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 278:
      Extremitates ſagittatum, quas anha vocant, ſunt ex ligno aſperatæ, vario modo […]
      The tips of the arrows, which they call “ãnha”, are made of sharpened wood, in various ways.]

Derived terms

  • pirãîa
  • taîasu
  • ãîbitir
  • ãîbyra
  • ãîesyîa
  • ãîmba'ũ
  • ãîmbara
  • ãîmytera
  • ãîngyrỹî
  • ãîngá
  • ãînhoba'ũ
  • ãîyba

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: anha

References

  1. ^ Nikulin, Andrey (2020), Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo [Proto-Macro-Jê: a reconstructive study] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 569
  2. ^ Pero de Castilho (1613), “Dentes [Teeth]”, in Nomes das partes do corpo humano, pella lingua do Braſil [Names of the human body parts by the language of Brazil] (in Old Tupi), volume 1; republished as Plínio Ayrosa, editor, São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais, 1937, page 37, line 189: “Táya [Tãîa]”
  3. ^ anonymous author (1622), “Dentes [Teeth]”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 94: “Tãnha”

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