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Old Tupi
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *je-, from Proto-Tupian *we-. The use for the passive voice is a semantic loan from Portuguese se.
Cognate with Guaraní je-.
Pronunciation
Prefix
îe-
- forms reflexive verbs
c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 32; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:— Marápe nderenhemimi? Ereîpotápe nde 'u?
— Akaîgûá! Marãpe xe ri erepoá? Aîemĩngatu kó gûitupa...- — Why don't you hide? Do you want that he eats you?
— Ouch! Why do you hit me? I hide myself well lying here...
- (Late Tupi) forms the passive voice
Descendants
References
- ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
- ^ Warý Kamaiurá (2012 March 2) Awetí e Tupí-Guaraní, relações genéticas e contato linguístico (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB