ayra

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔaˈʔɨɾa/, /taˈʔɨɾa/

Noun

ayra

son or daughter (of a man).

Usage notes

t-ayra is the converse of the English word father; while the converse of mother is membyra. These two words have the same translations, but could never be used as synonyms in Classical Tupi.
The stem ayra could never be used inside a sentence without a prefix. The absolute form t-ayra was used whenever the noun was not possessed.

References

LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.

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