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Old Tupi
Etymology
From îe- (reflexive voice prefix) + moún (“to dye black, to blacken, to darken”).
Pronunciation
Verb
îemoún (first-person singular active indicative aîemoún, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîemoúni, first-person singular gerund gûiîemoúna, noun îemoúna) (intransitive)
- to paint oneself black, to turn black, to darken oneself
c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, pages 8, 10; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:Moraçeyae ycatu
yeguaca, yemopirãga
çamõgi, yetimãguanga,
yemouna, petimbu,
caraimonha monhanga.
Yemoirõ, morapiti,
you, tapuija rara,
aguaça, moropotara
manhana, çiguaragi
naipotari aba çejara.- [Moraseîa é i katu,
îegûaka, îemopiranga,
samongy, îetymãgûanga,
îemoúna, petymbu,
karaimonhãmonhanga...
Îemoŷrõ, morapiti,
îo'u, tapuîa rara,
agûasá, moropotara,
manhana, sygûaraîy
— n'aîpotari abá seîara.] - The dance is what's good,
adorning oneself, painting oneself red,
smearing feathers, dyeing one's legs with urucu,
painting oneself black, smoking,
making spells...
Getting enraged, slaughtering people,
eating one another, capturing Tapuia,
fornication, sensual desire,
pimping, prostitution
— I don't want anyone to stop these.
- to dye oneself with genipap (in a ritual)
Conjugation
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
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