yku

Translingual

Symbol

yku

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kuamasi.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Kuamasi terms

Old Tupi

Etymology

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní yku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɨˈku/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: y‧ku

Noun

yku (possessable, IIb class pluriform, absolute tyku, R1 ryku, R2 tyku)

1. liquid

   Synonym: y

2. any thin or watery substance

Adjective

yku (possessable, IIb class pluriform, absolute tyku, R1 ryku, R2 tyku)

1. liquid
2. thin; watery
3. molten; liquified

Declension

    Declension of yku (IIb pluriform, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)

Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.

Causative	moyku
Deadjectivals
-ba'e	tykuba'e
-sab(a)	ykûaba／ykusaba
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative	xe ryku	nde ryku	tyku	oré ryku	îandé ryku	pe ryku
Imperative
Permissive	ta xe ryku	ta nde ryku	ta tyku	t'oré ryku	t'îandé ryku	ta pe ryku
Negative indicative	na xe rykuî	na nde rykuî	na tykuî	n'oré rykuî	n'îandé rykuî	na pe rykuî
Negative imperative		nde ryku umẽ				pe ryku umẽ
Negative permissive	ta xe ryku umẽ	ta nde ryku umẽ	ta tyku umẽ	t'oré ryku umẽ	t'îandé ryku umẽ	ta pe ryku umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	xe rykuramo	nde rykuramo	o ykuramo	oré rykuramo	îandé rykuramo	pe rykuramo
Negative	xe rykue'ymamo	nde rykue'ymamo	o ykue'ymamo	oré rykue'ymamo	îandé rykue'ymamo	pe rykue'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	yku
Negative	ykue'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	same as gerund1
	xe rykuû2		tykuû2	oré rykuû2	îandé rykuû2
Negative	same as gerund1
	xe rykue'ymi2		tykue'ymi2	oré rykue'ymi2	îandé rykue'ymi2
1South Tupi 2North Tupi

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “yku”, 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 528, column 2