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Old Tupi
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ram.
Suffix
-ram
- forms the future tense of nouns
- Antonym: -pûer
1686 [1618], Antônio de Araújo, chapter IIII, in Bartolomeu de Leão, editor, Cateciſmo Braſilico da Doutrina Chriſtãa , 2 edition, Livro 1 (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Miguel Deslandes, page 23:M. Abà çupepcacè yerureo, / Oete maraneima õ ama recê / O anga recocaturama recebe?
D. Tûpá çupè.- [M. Abá supépe asé îeruréû, o eté marane'ymûama resé o 'anga rekokaturama resé bé?
D. Tupã supé.] - To whom should people pray, for both their bodies' future incorruption and their souls' future well-being? / To God.
References
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2005) chapter 8, in Método Moderno de Tupi Antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos (in Portuguese), 3 edition, São Paulo: Global Editora, →ISBN, O tempo nominal em tupi, pages 108–110
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “-ram”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 426, column 1