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Old Tupi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-(ɛ)mɔ.ˈʔɛ̃m/
- Rhymes: -ɛ̃m
- Hyphenation: mo‧'em, e‧mo‧'em
Verb
mo'em (2nd class, first-person singular active indicative xe remo'em, first-person singular negative active indicative na xe remo'emi, noun mo'ema)
- to lie
1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter IX, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Sexto do Confessionário (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 108:Xerèmoem aipo guiyábo ereimãpe nde nheenga recoâbôca? […] Nde remoempe nde nhemõbegoápe nde angaipába moanga?- ["Xe remo'em aîpó gûi'îabo", eré ymãpe, nde nhe'enga rekoaboka? […] Nde remo'emype nde nhemombegûápe, nde angaîpaba mo'anga?]
- Have you ever said "I lied saying that", modifying your words? Did you lie during your confession, concealing your sins?
- 1999, in Hans Staden movie:
"Peró endé. Nde remo'em 'Maíra ixé' e'îabo!"- You are Portuguese. And you lie when you say "I'm French"!
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