ixé
See also: ixe
French
Participle
ixé (feminine ixée, masculine plural ixés, feminine plural ixées)
- past participle of ixer
Nheengatu
Etymology
From Old Tupi ixé. Cognate with Guaraní che.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [i.ˈʃɛ]
- Hyphenation: i‧xé
- Rhymes: -ɛ
Pronoun
ixé
- (first-class) first-person singular personal pronoun (I, me)
- Ixé mira. Ixé asasá puranga.
- I am a person. I do well.
- Aé uputari uyuká ixé.
- He wants to kill me.
- Aé umeẽ manungara ixé arama.
- He gives something to me.
Usage notes
- As a first-class pronoun, ixé is used as the subject (with the exception of second-class verbs, which are sometimes referred to as adjectives) and as the object of a sentence. The personal pronoun ixé is also used when governed by the postposition arama, which is occasionally omitted.
See also
| singular | first-class pronoun | second-class pronoun |
|---|---|---|
| first-person | ixé | se |
| second-person | indé | ne |
| third-person | aé | i |
| plural | first-class pronoun | second-class pronoun |
| first-person | yandé | yané |
| second-person | penhẽ | pe |
| third-person | aintá (or tá) | aintá (or tá) |
References
- ÁVILA, Marcel Twardowsky (2021) Proposta de dicionário nheengatu–português, pages 353 and 354
- NAVARRO, Eduardo de Almeida (2016) Curso de língua geral (nheengatu ou tupi moderno): a língua das origens da civilização amazônica, 2nd edition, →ISBN, pages 11 and 104
Old Tupi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈʃɛ/
Pronoun
ixé
- I (first person singular)
References
- http://tupi.fflch.usp.br/