pytá

Old Tupi

Etymology

Cognate with Guajajára and Guaraní pyta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɨˈta/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: py‧tá

Noun

pytá (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute mytá)

  1. heel (rear part of the foot)

Verb

pytá (first-person singular active indicative apytá, first-person singular negative active indicative n'apytáî, noun pytá) (intransitive)

  1. to stay (to remain in a particular place)
    Peroetá ygarusu pupé opytá.
    Many Portuguese stayed inside the ships.
  2. to lodge (to stay in a shelter)
  3. to stop (to cease moving)
  4. to face; to confront [with supé ‘someone’]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pytá (intransitive, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
Causative momytá
Causative-comitative eropytá
Deverbals
-ba'e opytaba'e
-sab(a) pytasaba
-sar(a) pytasara
Singular Singular & Plural Plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person exclusive 1st person inclusive 2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative apytá erepytá opytá oropytá îapytá pepytá
Permissive t'apytá t'erepytá t'opytá t'oropytá t'îapytá ta pepytá
Imperative epytá pepytá
Negative indicative n'apytáî n'erepytáî n'opytáî n'oropytáî n'îapytáî na pepytáî
Negative permissive t'apytá umẽ t'erepytá umẽ t'opytá umẽ t'oropytá umẽ t'îapytá umẽ ta pepytá umẽ
Negative imperative epytá umẽ pepytá umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative gûipytábo epytábo opytábo oropytábo îapytábo pepytábo
Negative gûipytae'yma epytae'yma opytae'yma oropytae'yma îapytae'yma pepytae'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative pytá
Negative pytae'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative xe pytáû i pytáû oré pytáû îandé pytáû
Negative xe pytae'ymi i pytae'ymi oré pytae'ymi îandé pytae'ymi

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: pitá

References

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