jasy

See also: Jasy

English

Alternative forms

• jazy
• jazey

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Possibly from jersey (“flax prepared in a certain manner, from which common wigs were formerly made”).

Noun

jasy (plural jasies)

1. (historical) A woman's hairpiece.

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• jays

Paraguayan Guarani

Etymology

From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jatʃɨ, from Proto-Tupian **watɨ (“moon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaˈsɨ/, [jaˈsɨ]

Noun

jasy

1. moon
2. satellite
3. month
4. menstruation

Derived terms

• heko jasy
• jasy asy
• jasy kakuaávo
• jasy kañy
• jasy mbarete
• jasy paha
• jasy pore'ỹ
• jasy pyahu
• jasy ra'y
• jasy renyhẽ
• jasy resa
• jasy'i
• jasyapy
• jasyho
• jasyjatere
• jasykõi
• jasypa
• jasypaha
• jasypakõi
• jasypateĩ
• jasypegua
• jasypo
• jasypoapy
• jasypokõi
• jasyporundy
• jasypoteĩ
• jasyrata
• jasyrendy
• jasyresa
• jasyrundy
• jasyteĩ

References

• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “jasy”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 35, column 1