esé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ese"

Old Tupi

Alternative forms
  • ecé (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-et͡se (“about”), from Proto-Tupian *et͡se (“postposition”).[1]

Cognate with Guaraní rehe, Awetí ete, Sateré-Mawé -ete

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛˈsɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: e‧sé

Postposition

esé (pluriform, R1 resé, R2 sesé)

  1. because; because of
  2. alongside; with (in the company of)
    Synonym: irũnamo
  3. about
    • 2005, Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, chapter 10, in Método Moderno de Tupi Antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos, 3 edition (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global Editora, page 136:
      — Xe sy gûé, takûakysetyba pupé Kurupira asepîak. Ndakeri xûé korine. Xe ma'enduar seséne.
      — O my mother, I saw Kurupira in the canebrake. I won't sleep today. I'm going to remember about him.
  4. in order to
    • 2005, Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, chapter 10, in Método Moderno de Tupi Antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos, 3 edition (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global Editora, page 134:
      Kunumĩ tatu îukarama resé ka'ape osó.
      The boy goes to the forest in order to kill an armadillo.
  5. in the person of
  6. against
  7. as for
  8. on the heels of
  9. (indicating time) in; at
  10. (indicating placement) on
  11. (indicating placement, figurative) on

Derived terms
  • mba'e resé
  • mba'erama resé

References
  1. 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

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