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e'õ

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Old Tupi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-eʔõ (to die), from Proto-Tupian *eʔõ (to die).[1][2]

Cognate with Guaraní e'õ and Eastern Bolivian Guaraní tẽo.[3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛˈʔɔ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ̃
  • Hyphenation: e‧'õ

Noun

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e'õ (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute te'õ, R1 re'õ, R2 se'õ)

  1. death
  2. (strictly) death by natural causes
  3. faint, swoon (the act of fainting)
    Synonym: esapytumbyka
  4. numbing (the act by which something is numbed)

Derived terms

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Adjective

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e'õ (IIa class pluriform, R1 re'õ, R2 se'õ, noun form e'õ)

  1. moribund; dying (approaching death)
  2. fainted
  3. numb; deadened

Verb

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e'õ (2nd class)

  1. to die
    Synonyms: îekyî, manõ
  2. to faint
    Synonyms: e'õ'ar, nhemote'õ'a, manõaib, esapytumbyka
  3. to go numb

References

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  1. ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 406
  2. ^ Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues (2007) “As consoantes do proto-tupí”, in Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues, Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral, editors, Línguas e culturas tupí[1], 1 edition, volume 1, Campinas: Curt Nimuendajú, pages 167–204
  3. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 162, line 3