e'õ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eo"

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-eʔõ (“to die”), from Proto-Tupian *eʔõ (“to die”).

Cognate with Guaraní e'õ and Eastern Bolivian Guaraní tẽo.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. death
   • 1952 [1618], Antônio de Araújo, Catecismo na Língua Brasílica, Rio de Janeiro: PUC, page 315:

     Opá te'õ îandé mondyki.

     Death destroys us all.

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

• e'õaba
• e'õaíba
• e'õkorine
• e'õmbûera
• e'õmemûã
• e'õsaba
• e'õsara
• nhemote'õ'a
• te'õte'õ
• tegûama

 

Adjective

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

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

Verb

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

• Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos‎^[2] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “e'õ”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 106, columns 1–2