îemopirang

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Old Tupi

Alternative forms

nhemopirang

Etymology

From îe- (reflexive voice prefix) +‎ mopirang (“to paint red, to dye red, to turn red”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Rhymes: -ãŋ
Hyphenation: îe‧mo‧pi‧rang

Verb

îemopirang (first-person singular active indicative aîemopirang, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîemopirangi, noun îemopiranga) (intransitive)

to paint oneself red, to turn red
- 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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of îemopirang (intransitive, Î-starting, consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.

Deverbals
Causative	moîemopirang
-ba'e	oîemopirangyba'e
-sab(a)	îemopirangaba
-sar(a)	îemopirangara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person exclusive	1^st person inclusive	2^nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	aîemopirang	ereîemopirang	oîemopirang	oroîemopirang	îaîemopirang	peîemopirang
Permissive	t'aîemopirang	t'ereîemopirang	t'oîemopirang	t'oroîemopirang	t'îaîemopirang	ta peîemopirang
Imperative		eîemopirang				peîemopirang
Negative indicative	n'aîemopirangi	n'ereîemopirangi	n'oîemopirangi	n'oroîemopirangi	n'îaîemopirangi	na peîemopirangi
Negative permissive	t'aîemopirang umẽ	t'ereîemopirang umẽ	t'oîemopirang umẽ	t'oroîemopirang umẽ	t'îaîemopirang umẽ	ta peîemopirang umẽ
Negative imperative		eîemopirang umẽ				peîemopirang umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûiîemopiranga	eîemopiranga	oîemopiranga	oroîemopiranga	îaîemopiranga	peîemopiranga
Negative	gûiîemopirange'yma	eîemopirange'yma	oîemopirange'yma	oroîemopirange'yma	îaîemopirange'yma	peîemopirange'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	îemopiranga
Negative	îemopirange'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe îemopirangi		i îemopirangi	oré îemopirangi	îandé îemopirangi
Negative	xe îemopirange'ymi		i îemopirange'ymi	oré îemopirange'ymi	îandé îemopirange'ymi

Descendants

Nheengatu: yumupiranga

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îemopirang”, 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 173, column 1

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