mirĩ

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See also: miri, Miri, mirí, and mirî

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

Adjective

mirĩ (noun form mirĩ)

  1. little (small in size)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mirĩ
  2. short (having a small height)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mirĩ

Declension

    Declension of mirĩ (nasal vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
Causative momirĩ
Deadjectivals
-ba'e i mirĩba'e
-sab(a) mirĩsaba
Singular Singular & Plural Plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person exclusive 1st person inclusive 2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative xe mirĩ nde mirĩ i mirĩ oré mirĩ îandé mirĩ pe mirĩ
Imperative
Permissive ta xe mirĩ ta nde mirĩ t'i mirĩ t'oré mirĩ t'îandé mirĩ ta pe mirĩ
Negative indicative na xe mirĩ na nde mirĩ n'i mirĩ n'oré mirĩ n'îandé mirĩ na pe mirĩ
Negative imperative nde mirĩ umẽ pe mirĩ umẽ
Negative permissive ta xe mirĩ umẽ ta nde mirĩ umẽ t'i mirĩ umẽ t'oré mirĩ umẽ t'îandé mirĩ umẽ ta pe mirĩ umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative xe mirĩnamo nde mirĩnamo o mirĩnamo oré mirĩnamo îandé mirĩnamo pe mirĩnamo
Negative xe mirĩe'ymamo nde mirĩe'ymamo o mirĩe'ymamo oré mirĩe'ymamo îandé mirĩe'ymamo pe mirĩe'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative mirĩ
Negative mirĩe'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative same as gerund1
xe mirĩû2 i mirĩû2 oré mirĩû2 îandé mirĩû2
Negative same as gerund1
xe mirĩe'ymi2 i mirĩe'ymi2 oré mirĩe'ymi2 îandé mirĩe'ymi2
1South Tupi
2North Tupi

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: mirí
  • → Brazilian Portuguese: mirim

Adverb

mirĩ

  1. a little (to a small extent or degree)

Noun

mirĩ (possessable)

  1. small thing

References

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