kyseapara

Old Tupi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Tupian *kɨt͡ʃe

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kɨt͡ʃe

Old Tupi kysé

Old Tupi apar

Proto-Tupian *-ap

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?

Old Tupi -a

Old Tupi kyseapara

From kysé (“knife”) +‎ apar (“bent”) +‎ -a.

Noun

kyseapara (possessable)

1. sickle

   Synonym: îyapara

   • 1613–1614, Yves d'Évreux, chapter L, in Suitte de l'histoire des choses plus memorables advenues en Maragnan es années 1613 et 1614 (overall work in French), Paris: François Huby, published 1615, page 224:

     Dereroupé xeapare amon?

     [Nd'ererupe kyseapara amõ?]

     Haven't you brought some sickles?

Descendants

• Nheengatu: kisé-apara

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kyseapara”, 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 248, column 2