etama

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Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *etam

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní etã.

Pronunciation

Noun

etama (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute tetama, R1 retama, R2 setama)

  1. land; homeland (traditional territory of an ethnic group)
    Synonym: aupaba
    • 1614, Claude d'Abbeville, chapter LVI, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 341v:
      Dè angatouran etè erimahé apouyaue mondoüé cherétan à poupé []
      [Nde angaturameté erimba'e, apŷaba, morubixaba, kyre'ymbaba mondóbo xe retama pupé [] ]
      You were very benevolent in the past, sending men, chiefs and warriors to my land.
  2. dwelling; residence
    Coordinate term: oka
  3. anthill[1]
    Coordinate term: ysaubẽ

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: etama, tama

References

  1. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Formigueiro O lugar proprio onde criam ou habitão”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 142:Cetama [Setama]

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jìjama, positional form of Proto-Bantu *-jìja (to come).

Verb

-étama

  1. to try

Inflection

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