eî

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ej (“to wash”), from Proto-Tupian *ej (“to wash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛj]
• Rhymes: -ɛj
• Hyphenation: eî

Verb

eî

1. to wash (to clean with water)
   • c. 1585, Joseph of Anchieta, Na aldeia de Guaraparim [In the village of Guaraparim], Guarapari, page 172; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:

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     [ […] a'e xe Îara Iesu / Og ugûy pupé xe reî […] ]

     He, my lord Jesus, with his blood washed me.

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “eî”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: the classical indigenous language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 90, column 2