# a'e
## Old Tupi
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aʔe (“he”).
Cognate with Guaraní ha’e.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aˈʔɛ]
* Rhymes: -ɛ
* Hyphenation: a‧'e

### Pronoun

a'e (1st class, 3rd person singular and plural, dative i xupé, possessive i, reflexive possessive o)
* he, she, it
    Synonyms: ãûa, erika
* they
    Synonyms: ãûa, erika
* (nonvisible) that; those

#### Descendants

* Nheengatu: aé (“he, she, it”), ⇒ aintá (“they”)

### Determiner

a'e
* (nonvisible) that; those

### Adverb

a'e
* (nonvisible) there; yonder
    Synonyms: a'epe, akoamõ, akûeîpe
* then
* however
* regardless

### Particle

a'e
* used to emphasize a question
** c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L$^{ço}$” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ], Niterói, page 66, lines 276-278; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 123:Aimb. — Aepe que amboae? ſarau. — Caraibebe çerã co taba raroanete.[Aîmb[iré]. — A'epe ké amboaé? Sarau[aîa]. — Karaibebé serã / kó taba arõaneté.]Aîmbiré: What about the other one here? Sarauaîa: Perhaps it's the true guardian angel of this village.

### See also

| Person | Number | Nominative／Accusative | Nominative／Accusative | Nominative／Accusative | Possessive | Possessive | Dative | Dative | Objective |
| Person | Number | Subject | 1st class | 2nd class | Nonreflexive | Reflexive | 1st class | 2nd class | Objective |
| Singular | 1st | | ixé | xe | xe | xe | ixébe／ixébo | xebe／xebo |
| Singular | 2nd | îepé | endé | nde | nde | nde | endébe／endébo | ndebe／ndebo | oro- |
| Singular and Plural | 3rd | | a'e | i | i | o | i xupé | i xupé |
| Plural | 1st exc | | oré | oré | oré | oré | orébe／orébo | orébe／orébo |
| Plural | 1st inc | | îandé | îandé | îandé | îandé | îandébe／îandébo | îandébe／îandébo |
| Plural | 2nd | peîepé | peẽ | pe | pe | pe | peẽme／peẽmo | peẽme／peẽmo | opo- |
| Plural | Indefinite | | asé | asé | asé | asé | asébe／asébo | asébe／asébo |
Demonstrative Adjectives :
| | Visible | Nonvisible |
| Proximal | ã, ang, iã, iang, ikó, kó | ã, ang, iã, iang |
| Medial | ebokûé, ebokûeî, eboûing, eboûĩ, ûĩ | aîpó |
| Distal | kûé, kûeî | a'e, aîpó, akó, akûeî |
| Demonstrative Pronouns |||
| | Visible | Nonvisible |
| Proximal | ã, ãa, ãba'e anga, angyba'e iã, iãa, iãba'e ianga, iangyba'e ikó, ikoa, ikoba'e kó, koa, koba'e | ã, ãa, ãba'e anga, angyba'e iã, iãa, iãba'e ianga, iangyba'e |
| Medial | ebokûé, ebokûea, ebokûeba'e ebokûeîa, ebokûeîba'e eboûinga, eboûingyba'e eboûĩ, eboûĩa, eboûĩba'e ûĩ, uĩa, uĩba'e | aîpó, aîpoa, aîpoba'e |
| Distal | kûé, kûea, kûeba'e kûeîa, kûeîba'e | a'e, a'ea, a'eba'e aîpó, aîpoa, aîpoba'e akó, akoa, akoba'e akûeîa, akûeîba'e |

### References

* ↑ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 158
* Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “a'e”, 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 10–11

## Scots
### Numeral

a'e
* Alternative form of ae

### References

* “a'e, adj.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.