mimby
Mbyá Guaraní
Noun
mimby
Old Tupi
FWOTD – 15 June 2014
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mimɨ.[1] By surface analysis, mi- (passive deverbalizer prefix) + py (“to flute”).
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní mimby.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mĩˈᵐbɨ]
- Rhymes: -ɨ
- Hyphenation: mi‧mby
Noun
mimby (possessable, IId class pluriform, absolute mimby, R1 remimby, R2 semimby, R3 o emimby)
- flute; whistle
- (loosely) any wind instrument
Usage notes
- This word is rendered as non-pluriform in some sources.
Related terms
- gûarusueremimby
- mimbyapara
- mimbygûasu
- mimbypuku
- mimbypysara
Descendants
- Nheengatu: membí
- → Portuguese: membi
Adjective
mimby (IId class pluriform, R1 remimby, R2 semimby, noun form mimby)
- having a wind instrument
Declension
Declension of mimby (IId pluriform, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
| Causative | momimby | |||||
| Deadjectivals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -ba'e | semimbyba'e | |||||
| -sab(a) | mimbŷaba / mimbysaba | |||||
| Singular | Singular & Plural | Plural | ||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person exclusive | 1st person inclusive | 2nd person | |
| Adjectival forms | ||||||
| Active | ||||||
| Indicative | xe remimby | nde remimby | semimby | oré remimby | îandé remimby | pe remimby |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Permissive | ta xe remimby | ta nde remimby | ta semimby | t'oré remimby | t'îandé remimby | ta pe remimby |
| Negative indicative | na xe remimbyî | na nde remimbyî | na semimbyî | n'oré remimbyî | n'îandé remimbyî | na pe remimbyî |
| Negative imperative | nde remimby umẽ | pe remimby umẽ | ||||
| Negative permissive | ta xe remimby umẽ | ta nde remimby umẽ | ta semimby umẽ | t'oré remimby umẽ | t'îandé remimby umẽ | ta pe remimby umẽ |
| Gerund | ||||||
| Affirmative | xe remimbyramo | nde remimbyramo | o emimbyramo | oré remimbyramo | îandé remimbyramo | pe remimbyramo |
| Negative | xe remimbye'ymamo | nde remimbye'ymamo | o emimbye'ymamo | oré remimbye'ymamo | îandé remimbye'ymamo | pe remimbye'ymamo |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Affirmative | mimby | |||||
| Negative | mimbye'yma | |||||
| Circumstantial | ||||||
| Affirmative | same as gerund1 | |||||
| xe remimbyû2 | semimbyû2 | oré remimbyû2 | îandé remimbyû2 | |||
| Negative | same as gerund1 | |||||
| xe remimbye'ymi2 | semimbye'ymi2 | oré remimbye'ymi2 | îandé remimbye'ymi2 | |||
| 1South Tupi 2North Tupi | ||||||
Verb
mimby (first-person singular active indicative aîmimby, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîmimbyî, noun mimby) (transitive)
Conjugation
Conjugation of mimby (transitive, Y-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
| Causative | mimbyukar | |||||
| Causative-comitative | eromimby | |||||
| Reflexive | îemimby | |||||
| Deverbals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -ba'e | oîmimbyba'e | |||||
| -pyr(a) | i mimbypyra | |||||
| -sab(a) | mimbŷaba / mimbysaba | |||||
| -sar(a) | mimbŷara / mimbysara | |||||
| Singular | Singular & Plural | Plural | ||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person exclusive | 1st person inclusive | 2nd person | |
| Verbal forms | ||||||
| Active | ||||||
| Indicative | aîmimby | ereîmimby | oîmimby | oroîmimby | îaîmimby | peîmimby |
| Permissive | t'aîmimby | t'ereîmimby | t'oîmimby | t'oroîmimby | t'îaîmimby | ta peîmimby |
| Imperative | eîmimby | peîmimby | ||||
| Negative indicative | n'aîmimbyî | n'ereîmimbyî | n'oîmimbyî | n'oroîmimbyî | n'îaîmimbyî | na peîmimbyî |
| Negative permissive | t'aîmimby umẽ | t'ereîmimby umẽ | t'oîmimby umẽ | t'oroîmimby umẽ | t'îaîmimby umẽ | ta peîmimby umẽ |
| Negative imperative | eîmimby umẽ | peîmimby umẽ | ||||
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Affirmative | mimby | |||||
| Negative | mimbye'yma | |||||
| Gerund | ||||||
| Affirmative | xe mimbŷabo | nde mimbŷabo | i mimbŷabo | oré mimbŷabo | îandé mimbŷabo | pe mimbŷabo |
| Negative | xe mimbye'yma | nde mimbye'yma | i mimbye'yma | oré mimbye'yma | îandé mimbye'yma | pe mimbye'yma |
| Circumstantial | ||||||
| Affirmative | xe mimbyû | i mimbyû | oré mimbyû | îandé mimbyû | ||
| Negative | xe mimbye'ymi | i mimbye'ymi | oré mimbye'ymi | îandé mimbye'ymi | ||
References
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “(e)mimby”, 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, page 99, column 1
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mimby”, 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, page 280, column 1