kuî

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "kui"

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kuy (“fall”, ).[1]

Cognate with Kamayurá kuj, Mbyá Guaraní kui, Sirionó and Tapirapé koj.[2]

Pronunciation

Verb

kuî (first-person singular active indicative akuî, first-person singular negative active indicative n'akuî, first-person singular gerund gûikuîa, noun kuîa) (intransitive)

  1. to fall off (to become detached or to drop from)
  2. to be born
    Synonym: 'ar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of kuî (intransitive, Î-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
Causative monguî
Causative-comitative erokuî
Deverbals
-ba'e okuîba'e
-sab(a) kuîtaba
-sar(a) kuîtara
Singular Singular & Plural Plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person exclusive 1st person inclusive 2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative akuî erekuî okuî orokuî îakuî pekuî
Permissive t'akuî t'erekuî t'okuî t'orokuî t'îakuî ta pekuî
Imperative ekuî pekuî
Negative indicative n'akuî n'erekuî n'okuî n'orokuî n'îakuî na pekuî
Negative permissive t'akuî umẽ t'erekuî umẽ t'okuî umẽ t'orokuî umẽ t'îakuî umẽ ta pekuî umẽ
Negative imperative ekuî umẽ pekuî umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative gûikuîa ekuîa okuîa orokuîa îakuîa pekuîa
Negative gûikuîe'yma ekuîe'yma okuîe'yma orokuîe'yma îakuîe'yma pekuîe'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative kuîa
Negative kuîe'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative xe kuî i kuî oré kuî îandé kuî
Negative xe kuîe'ymi i kuîe'ymi oré kuîe'ymi îandé kuîe'ymi

Derived terms

Descendants

  • ⇒ Portuguese: ir para a cucuia

References

  1. ^ Charles Owen Schleicher (1998) Comparative and internal reconstruction of the Tupi-Guarani language family, Madison: University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 342, line 128
  2. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 190, line 3

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