kysyîé

Old Tupi

Etymology

Through metathesis of sykyîé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɨ.sɨˈjɛ], [kɨ.sɨˈʒɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: ky‧sy‧îé

Noun

kysyîé (possessable)

1. Alternative form of sykyîé

Verb

kysyîé (first-person singular active indicative akysyîé, first-person singular negative active indicative n'akysyîéî, first-person singular gerund gûikysyîébo, noun kysyîé) (intransitive)

1. Alternative form of sykyîé

Conjugation

    Conjugation of kysyîé (intransitive, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Causative	mongysyîé
Causative-comitative	erokysyîé
Deverbals
-ba'e	okysyîeba'e
-sab(a)	kysyîeaba／kysyîesaba
-sar(a)	kysyîeara／kysyîesara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	akysyîé	erekysyîé	okysyîé	orokysyîé	îakysyîé	pekysyîé
Permissive	t'akysyîé	t'erekysyîé	t'okysyîé	t'orokysyîé	t'îakysyîé	ta pekysyîé
Imperative		ekysyîé				pekysyîé
Negative indicative	n'akysyîéî	n'erekysyîéî	n'okysyîéî	n'orokysyîéî	n'îakysyîéî	na pekysyîéî
Negative permissive	t'akysyîé umẽ	t'erekysyîé umẽ	t'okysyîé umẽ	t'orokysyîé umẽ	t'îakysyîé umẽ	ta pekysyîé umẽ
Negative imperative		ekysyîé umẽ				pekysyîé umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûikysyîébo	ekysyîébo	okysyîébo	orokysyîébo	îakysyîébo	pekysyîébo
Negative	gûikysyîee'yma	ekysyîee'yma	okysyîee'yma	orokysyîee'yma	îakysyîee'yma	pekysyîee'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	kysyîé
Negative	kysyîee'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe kysyîéû		i kysyîéû	oré kysyîéû	îandé kysyîéû
Negative	xe kysyîee'ymi		i kysyîee'ymi	oré kysyîee'ymi	îandé kysyîee'ymi

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kysyîé”, 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 249, column 1