apek
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.pɛk/
- Hyphenation: a‧pèk
Noun
apek (plural apek-apek, first-person possessive apekku, second-person possessive apekmu, third-person possessive apeknya)
- honorific for Chinese parent or man.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apək/
- Hyphenation: a‧pêk
Old Tupi
FWOTD – 4 August 2017
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-aˈpɛk/
Verb
apek (s-)
- (transitive) to singe; to burn the feathers or bristles of.
- 1999, José de Anchieta, Teatro de Anchieta (play, in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Martins Fontes, page 162:
- Xe posaká, xe ratã; oroapek; oroesyne…
- I am valiant, I am strong; I will singe you; I will roast you…
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Usage notes
- The third person object pronoun for this verb is s-: e.g. asapek (“I singe him/them”).
- The infinitives are sapeka (“to singe something”) and tapeka (“to singe someone”).
Descendants
- ⇒ Portuguese: sapecar
References
- Barbosa, A. Lemos; 1956; Curso de Tupi Antigo; Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José.
- Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013.
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