mimby

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Mbyá Guaraní

Noun

mimby

  1. flute

Old Tupi

FWOTD – 15 June 2014

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mimɨ.[1] By surface analysis, emi- (passive deverbalizer prefix) +‎ py (“to flute”).

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní mimby.

Pronunciation

Noun

Mimby

mimby (possessable, IId class pluriform, absolute mimby, R1 remimby, R2 semimby, R3 o emimby)

  1. flute; whistle
  2. (broadly) any wind instrument

Usage notes

  • This word is rendered as non-pluriform in some sources.

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: membí

Adjective

mimby (IId class pluriform, R1 remimby, R2 semimby, noun form mimby)

  1. having an wind instrument

Declension

    Declension of mimby (IId pluriform, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
Causative momimby
Deadjectivals
-ba'e semimbyba'e
-sab(a) mimbŷaba／mimbysaba
Singular Singular & Plural Plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person exclusive 1st person inclusive 2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative xe remimby nde remimby semimby oré remimby îandé remimby pe remimby
Imperative
Permissive ta xe remimby ta nde remimby ta semimby t'oré remimby t'îandé remimby ta pe remimby
Negative indicative na xe remimbyî na nde remimbyî na semimbyî n'oré remimbyî n'îandé remimbyî na pe remimbyî
Negative imperative nde remimby umẽ pe remimby umẽ
Negative permissive ta xe remimby umẽ ta nde remimby umẽ ta semimby umẽ t'oré remimby umẽ t'îandé remimby umẽ ta pe remimby umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative xe remimbyramo nde remimbyramo o emimbyramo oré remimbyramo îandé remimbyramo pe remimbyramo
Negative xe remimbye'ymamo nde remimbye'ymamo o emimbye'ymamo oré remimbye'ymamo îandé remimbye'ymamo pe remimbye'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative mimby
Negative mimbye'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative same as gerund1
xe remimbyû2 semimbyû2 oré remimbyû2 îandé remimbyû2
Negative same as gerund1
xe remimbye'ymi2 semimbye'ymi2 oré remimbye'ymi2 îandé remimbye'ymi2
1South Tupi
2North Tupi

Verb

mimby (first-person singular active indicative aîmimby, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîmimbyî, gerund mimbŷabo, noun mimby) (transitive)

  1. to blow; to flute (to blow a musical instrument to make it give a sound)
    Synonym: py

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mimby (transitive, Y-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
Causative mimbyukar
Causative-comitative eromimby
Reflexive îemimby
Deverbals
-ba'e oîmimbyba'e
-pyr(a) i mimbypyra
-sab(a) mimbŷaba／mimbysaba
-sar(a) mimbŷara／mimbysara
Singular Singular & Plural Plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person exclusive 1st person inclusive 2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative aîmimby ereîmimby oîmimby oroîmimby îaîmimby peîmimby
Permissive t'aîmimby t'ereîmimby t'oîmimby t'oroîmimby t'îaîmimby ta peîmimby
Imperative eîmimby peîmimby
Negative indicative n'aîmimbyî n'ereîmimbyî n'oîmimbyî n'oroîmimbyî n'îaîmimbyî na peîmimbyî
Negative permissive t'aîmimby umẽ t'ereîmimby umẽ t'oîmimby umẽ t'oroîmimby umẽ t'îaîmimby umẽ ta peîmimby umẽ
Negative imperative eîmimby umẽ peîmimby umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative mimby
Negative mimbye'yma
Gerund
Affirmative xe mimbŷabo nde mimbŷabo i mimbŷabo oré mimbŷabo îandé mimbŷabo pe mimbŷabo
Negative xe mimbye'yma nde mimbye'yma i mimbye'yma oré mimbye'yma îandé mimbye'yma pe mimbye'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative xe mimbyû i mimbyû oré mimbyû îandé mimbyû
Negative xe mimbye'ymi i mimbye'ymi oré mimbye'ymi îandé mimbye'ymi

References

  1. ^ 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
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