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Old Tupi
Etymology
Causative of îub, from mo- (causative voice prefix) + îub (“yellow”).
Pronunciation
Verb
moîub (first-person singular active indicative aîmoîub, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîmoîubi, noun moîuba) (transitive)
- to gold; to golden
1622, anonymous author, “Dourar com ouro”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 106; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:Aimoiub […] Jtaiubapupe.- [Aîmoîub […] itaîuba pupé.]
- I goldened it with gold.
Conjugation
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
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