moîub
Old Tupi
Etymology
Causative of îub, from mo- (causative voice prefix) + îub (“yellow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɔ̃ˈjuβ]
- Rhymes: -uβ
- Hyphenation: mo‧îub
Verb
moîub (first-person singular active indicative aîmoîub, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîmoîubi, noun moîuba) (transitive)
- to gold; to golden
- 1622, anonymous author, “Dourar com ouro”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 106; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
- Aimoiub […] Jtaiubapupe.
- [Aîmoîub […] itaîuba pupé.]
- I goldened it with gold.
Conjugation
Conjugation of moîub (transitive, B-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
| Causative | moîubukar | |||||
| Reflexive | îemoîub | |||||
| Deverbals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -ba'e | oîmoîuba'e | |||||
| emi- | emimoîuba / mimoîuba | |||||
| -pyr(a) | i moîubypyra | |||||
| -sab(a) | moîupaba | |||||
| -sar(a) | moîupara | |||||
| Singular | Singular & Plural | Plural | ||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person exclusive | 1st person inclusive | 2nd person | |
| Verbal forms | ||||||
| Active | ||||||
| Indicative | aîmoîub | ereîmoîub | oîmoîub | oroîmoîub | îaîmoîub | peîmoîub |
| Permissive | t'aîmoîub | t'ereîmoîub | t'oîmoîub | t'oroîmoîub | t'îaîmoîub | ta peîmoîub |
| Imperative | eîmoîub | peîmoîub | ||||
| Negative indicative | n'aîmoîubi | n'ereîmoîubi | n'oîmoîubi | n'oroîmoîubi | n'îaîmoîubi | na peîmoîubi |
| Negative permissive | t'aîmoîub umẽ | t'ereîmoîub umẽ | t'oîmoîub umẽ | t'oroîmoîub umẽ | t'îaîmoîub umẽ | ta peîmoîub umẽ |
| Negative imperative | eîmoîub umẽ | peîmoîub umẽ | ||||
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Affirmative | moîuba | |||||
| Negative | moîube'yma | |||||
| Gerund | ||||||
| Affirmative | xe moîupa | nde moîupa | i moîupa | oré moîupa | îandé moîupa | pe moîupa |
| Negative | xe moîube'yma | nde moîube'yma | i moîube'yma | oré moîube'yma | îandé moîube'yma | pe moîube'yma |
| Circumstantial | ||||||
| Affirmative | xe moîubi | i moîubi | oré moîubi | îandé moîubi | ||
| Negative | xe moîube'ymi | i moîube'ymi | oré moîube'ymi | îandé moîube'ymi | ||
References
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “moîub”, 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 294, column 1