moún

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Old Tupi

Etymology

Causative of un, from mo- (causative voice prefix) +‎ un (“black”).

Verb

moún (first-person singular active indicative aîmoún, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîmoúni, gerund moúna, noun moúna) (transitive)

  1. to dye black; to blacken
  2. to darken
    • 1622, anonymous author, “Tntureiro de panos”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 128; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
      Aomoundara.
      Dyer.
      (literally, “Cloth darkener.”)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of moún (transitive, consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
Causative mounukar
Reflexive îemoún
Deverbals
-ba'e oîmounyba'e
emi- emimoúna／mimoúna
-pyr(a) i mounymbyra
-sab(a) moundaba
-sar(a) moundara
Singular Singular & Plural Plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person exclusive 1st person inclusive 2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative aîmoún ereîmoún oîmoún oroîmoún îaîmoún peîmoún
Permissive t'aîmoún t'ereîmoún t'oîmoún t'oroîmoún t'îaîmoún ta peîmoún
Imperative eîmoún peîmoún
Negative indicative n'aîmoúni n'ereîmoúni n'oîmoúni n'oroîmoúni n'îaîmoúni na peîmoúni
Negative permissive t'aîmoún umẽ t'ereîmoún umẽ t'oîmoún umẽ t'oroîmoún umẽ t'îaîmoún umẽ ta peîmoún umẽ
Negative imperative eîmoún umẽ peîmoún umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative moúna
Negative moune'yma
Gerund
Affirmative xe moúna nde moúna i moúna oré moúna îandé moúna pe moúna
Negative xe moune'yma nde moune'yma i moune'yma oré moune'yma îandé moune'yma pe moune'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative xe moúni i moúni oré moúni îandé moúni
Negative xe moune'ymi i moune'ymi oré moune'ymi îandé moune'ymi

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