pûer

Old Tupi

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pʷer (“ancient”), from Proto-Tupian *pʷet (“ancient”).[1]

Cognate with Guaraní -kue, Awetí put, Sateré-Mawé pot-ʔi (“to be old”).

Alternative forms

gûer, mbûer, ûer

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpwɛɾ/, [ˈpʷɛɾ]
Rhymes: -ɛɾ
Hyphenation: pûer

Adjective

pûer

old; ancient (having existed for a long period of time)
ybyrapûera ― old tree
ex; former; then (previously but no longer)
kangûera ― skeleton (literally, “former bones”)
obsolete
extinct
finished

Antonyms

ram

Descendants

Nheengatu: kwera

Verb

pûer (2nd conjugation)

to end

References

Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, archived from the original on 2023-08-19, page 411

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2005) Método Moderno de Tupi Antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos‎ (in Portuguese), 3 edition, São Paulo: Global Editora, →ISBN
Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013), “pûer”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 408–409

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