nhy'ã
Old Tupi
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jeʔã (“heart”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnhy'ã (possessable)
Usage notes
editFor heart in the figurative sense, as the core of emotions, see py'a.
Derived terms
editReferences
editFurther reading
edit- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nhy'ã”, 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 349, column 2