yasí

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi îasy (“moon”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jaˈsi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: ya‧sí

Noun

yasí

  1. Moon
  2. lunar month (period from one new moon until the next)
  3. month (one of the 12 periods into which a year is divided)
  4. (obsolete, broadly) celestial body
  5. (archaic) menstruation
  6. (archaic) gestation

Derived terms
  • kunhã-yasí
  • pisayé-yasí
  • yasitatá
  • yasí-mirĩ
  • yasí-pirera
  • yasí-pisasú
  • yasí-rapé
  • yasí-rendí
  • yasí-suawasú
  • yasí-tayá
  • Yasí-Waruá
  • yasí-yaruka
  • yasí-yumunhã
  • yasí-yumuturusú

Verb

yasí

  1. (archaic, intransitive) to menstruate

References
  1. Marcel Twardowsky Ávila (2021) “yasí”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal]‎ (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, pages 859–860
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