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Noun
indé m (plural indens)
- (Valencia) Alternative spelling of indè
Nheengatu
Etymology
From Old Tupi endé. Cognate with Guaraní nde.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: in‧dé
- Rhymes: -ɛ
Pronoun
indé
- (first-class) second-person singular personal pronoun (you)
Indé mira. Indé resasá puranga.- You are a person. You do well.
Aé uputari uyuká indé.- He wants to kill you.
Aé umeẽ manungara indé arama.- He gives something to you.
Usage notes
- As a first-class pronoun, indé is used as the subject (with the exception of second-class verbs, which are sometimes referred to as adjectives) and as the object of a sentence. The personal pronoun indé is also used when governed by the postposition arama, which is occasionally omitted.
See also
Nheengatu personal pronouns
singular
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first-class pronoun
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second-class pronoun
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first-person
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ixé
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se
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second-person
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indé
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ne
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third-person
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aé
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i
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plural
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first-class pronoun
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second-class pronoun
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first-person
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yandé
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yané
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second-person
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penhẽ
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pe
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third-person
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aintá (or tá)
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aintá (or tá)
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References
- AVILA, Marcel Twardowsky (2021) Proposta de dicionário nheengatu–português, pages 325 and 326
- DA CRUZ, Aline (2011) Fonologia e gramática do nheengatu: a língua geral falada pelos povos baré, warekena e baniwa, Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap, →ISBN, page 46
- NAVARRO, Eduardo de Almeida (2016) Curso de língua geral (nheengatu ou tupi moderno): a língua das origens da civilização amazônica, 2nd edition, →ISBN, pages 11 and 104