aé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ae"

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi a'e, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aʔe (“he”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈʔɛ/

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• Hyphenation: a‧é
• Rhymes: -ɛ

Pronoun

aé

1. (first-class) third-person singular personal pronoun (he, him, she, her, it)

   Aé mira. Aé usasá puranga.

   He is a person. He does well.

   Indé reputari reyuká aé.

   You want to kill him.

Usage notes

• As a first-class pronoun, aé is used as the subject (with the exception of second-class verbs, which are sometimes referred to as adjectives) and as the object of a sentence. Unlike other first-class pronouns, aé is not used with the postposition arama.

See also

Nheengatu personal pronouns

singular	first-class pronoun	second-class pronoun
first-person	ixé	se
second-person	indé	ne
third-person	aé	i
plural	first-class pronoun	second-class pronoun
first-person	yandé	yané
second-person	penhẽ	pe
third-person	aintá (or tá)	aintá (or tá)

References

• AVILA, Marcel Twardowsky (2021) Proposta de dicionário nheengatu–português, pages 221 and 222
• DA CRUZ, Aline (2011) Fonologia e gramática do nheengatu: a língua geral falada pelos povos baré, warekena e baniwa, Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap, →ISBN, page 56
• NAVARRO, Eduardo de Almeida (2016) Curso de língua geral (nheengatu ou tupi moderno): a língua das origens da civilização amazônica, 2nd edition, →ISBN, pages 11 and 103

Old French

Noun

aé m or f

1. Alternative form of eé (“age”)