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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)
- 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.
- dwelling; residence
- Coordinate term: oka
1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter X, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Quinto do Cathecismo, e summa da Doctrina Christam (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 96:Cecobiárõbîrape temireco êtê, coipo menetè peretáme doâra?- [Sekobîarõmbyrape temirekoeté koîpó meneté pe retãmendûara?]
- Should be replaced the true wife or true husband that are in your dwellings?
- anthill[1]
- Coordinate term: ysaubẽ
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ 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
- to try
Inflection
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