ixé

See also: ixe

French

Participle

ixé (feminine ixée, masculine plural ixés, feminine plural ixées)

  1. past participle of ixer

Nheengatu

Etymology

From Old Tupi ixé. Cognate with Guaraní che.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [i.ˈʃɛ]
  • Hyphenation: i‧xé
  • Rhymes: -ɛ

Pronoun

ixé

  1. (first-class) first-person singular personal pronoun (I, me)
    Ixé mira. Ixé asasá puranga.
    I am a person. I do well.
    Aé uputari uyuká ixé.
    He wants to kill me.
    Aé umeẽ manungara ixé arama.
    He gives something to me.

Usage notes
  • As a first-class pronoun, ixé is used as the subject (with the exception of second-class verbs, which are sometimes referred to as adjectives) and as the object of a sentence. The personal pronoun ixé is also used when governed by the postposition arama, which is occasionally omitted.

See also
Nheengatu personal pronouns
singular first-class pronoun second-class pronoun
first-person ixé se
second-person indé ne
third-person aé i
plural first-class pronoun second-class pronoun
first-person yandé yané
second-person penhẽ pe
third-person aintá (or tá) aintá (or tá)

References

Old Tupi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /iˈʃɛ/

Pronoun

ixé

  1. I (first person singular)

References
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