pytá
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Old Tupi
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pytá (Ib class pluriform, absolute mytá) (possessable)
- heel (rear part of the foot)
Verb
[edit]pytá (first-person singular active indicative apytá, first-person singular negative active indicative n'apytáî, first-person singular gerund gûipytábo, noun pytá) (intransitive)
- to stay (to remain in a particular place)
- Peroetá ygarusu pupé opytá.
- Many Portuguese stayed inside the ships.
- to lodge (to stay in a shelter)
- to stop (to cease moving)
- to face; to confront [with supé ‘someone’]
Conjugation
[edit] 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
[edit]- Nheengatu: pitá
References
[edit]- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pytá”, 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 420, column 1