a'e
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ae"
Old Tupi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈʔɛ/
- Rhymes: -ɛ
- Hyphenation: a‧'e
Pronoun
a'e (1st class, 3rd person singular and plural, possessive i, reflexive possessive o, dative i xupé)
Particle
a'e
- (before a phrase) used to emphasize a question
- 2013 [1999], Joseph of Anchieta, edited by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro de Anchieta, quoted in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil, São Paulo: Global Editora, page 11, column 2:
- — A'epe ké amboaé?
— Karaibebé serã...- — What about this one?
— Perhaps it's the angel...
- — What about this one?
Usage notes
Used simmilarly to Latin numquid, Japanese ね, and English innit as an emphasis to the thing being asked, usually being ignored when translating to other languages. Since it comes at the beginning of a question, it's always followed by the particle -pe.
See also
Old Tupi demonstratives
| Demonstrative Adjectives | ||
|---|---|---|
| Visible | Nonvisible | |
| Proximal | ã, ang, iã, iang, ikó, kó | ã, ang, iã, iang |
| Medial | ebokûé, ebokûeî, eboûing, eboûĩ, ûĩ | aîpó |
| Distal | kûé, kûeî | a'e, aîpó, akó, akûeî |
| Demonstrative Pronouns | ||
| Visible | Nonvisible | |
| Proximal | ã, ãa, ãba'e anga, angyba'e iã, iãa, iãba'e ianga, iangyba'e ikó, ikoa, ikoba'e kó, koa, koba'e |
ã, ãa, ãba'e anga, angyba'e iã, iãa, iãba'e ianga, iangyba'e |
| Medial | ebokûé, ebokûea, ebokûeba'e ebokûeîa, ebokûeîba'e eboûinga, eboûingyba'e eboûĩ, eboûĩa, eboûĩba'e ûĩ, uĩa, uĩba'e |
aîpó, aîpoa, aîpoba'e |
| Distal | kûé, kûea, kûeba'e kûeîa, kûeîba'e |
a'e, a'ea, a'eba'e aîpó, aîpoa, aîpoba'e akó, akoa, akoba'e akûeîa, akûeîba'e |
References
- Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Capítulo III - Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos”, in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 158
Further reading
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “a'e”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 10–11
- http://tupi.fflch.usp.br/
Scots
References
- “a'e, adj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
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