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Where does “sy” come from?
sy (Old Tupi) comes from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃɨ — mother.
sy
(Old Tupi): mother
Definitions
mother
Ancestry of “sy”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Tupi-Guarani
*t͡ʃɨ
mother
Words derived from “sy”
araci
sye'yma
Iraci
sí
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