gûé

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: gûé

Interjection

gûé

1. (men's speech) O (vocative particle)

   Synonym: gûy

   • c. 1628, Luís Figueira, Arte da lingua Braſilica‎^[1] (overall work in Portuguese), Lisbon: Manuel da Silva, page 6:

     Xerubgué.

     [Xe ruby gûé!]

     O my father!

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûé”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 137, column 1