gûasem

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Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wat͡sẽm, from Proto-Tupian *atẽm.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

gûasem (first-person singular active indicative agûasem, first-person singular negative active indicative n'agûasemi, first-person singular gerund gûigûasema, noun gûasema) (intransitive)

  1. to arrive by land[2]
  2. to find; to locate
    Synonym: obaîtĩ

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Descendants

  • Nheengatu: wasemu, wasema

References

  1. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
  2. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Chegar por terra”, 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 72:Aguacem [Agûasem]