pûer

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pʷer (“ancient”), from Proto-Tupian *pʷet (“ancient”).^[1]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní -re and Paraguayan Guaraní -kue.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʷɛɾ]
• Rhymes: -ɛɾ
• Hyphenation: pûer

pûer (noun form pûera)

1. old; ancient (having existed for a long period of time)

   ybyrapûera ― old tree

   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, compiled by Eduardo de Almeida Navarro and Helder Perri Ferreira, Poemas: lírica portuguesa e tupi (Poetas do Brasil; 5), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, published 2004, →ISBN, page 104:

     Aroŷrõ xe rekopûera.

     I hate my old law.

2. ex; former; then (previously but no longer)
3. obsolete
4. extinct
5. finished

• ram

• Nheengatu: kwera

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2005) chapter 8, in Método Moderno de Tupi Antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos [Modern method of Old Tupi: the language of Brazil's early centuries]‎^[1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, São Paulo: Global Editora, →ISBN, O tempo nominal em tupi, pages 108–110
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pûer”, in Dicionário 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, pages 408–409