Inherited fromProto-Tupi-Guarani*eʔẽ.

e'ẽ (IIa class pluriform,R1re'ẽ,R2se'ẽ,noun forme'ẽ)

1. tasty(having a pleasant or satisfying flavor)

   Synonym:é

2. sweet

   takûare'ẽ

   sugarcane

   (literally, “sweet bamboo”)

3. salty
   • 1622, anonymous author, “Agoa salgada”, inVocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga,page24; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor,Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP,1953:

     Ig-eẽ.

     ['Ye'ẽ.]

     Seawater.

     (literally, “Salty water.”)

• Nheengatu:seẽ

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “e'ẽ”, inDicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global,→ISBN,page90, column 1

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