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Old Tupi
Etymology
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní mongeta.
Verb
mongetá (first-person singular active indicative aîmongetá, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîmongetáî, noun mongetá) (transitive)
- to request; to ask
1557, Hans Staden, chapter 20, in Warhaftige Hiſtoria , volume 1 (overall work in German), Marburg: Andreas Kolbe, unnumbered page:Ne mungitta dee Tuppan do Quabe anamaſu y an dee Imme Ranni me ſiſe - ]
- Ask your God to truly make the storm pass so that it does not harm us.
- to talk
- to read
Conjugation
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
Verb
mongetá (first-person singular active indicative amongetá, first-person singular negative active indicative n'amongetáî, noun mongetá) (intransitive)
- to talk
1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Ordem que ſe guarda no dar da Sancta Vnção” (chapter VII), in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica , 1 edition, Livro Setimo da ordem de baptizar, (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 141:Teumè ycô âra pôra recê nde mong-etareme, ynheenga rerobiâ, tande moang ecoaibume Anhanga.- Beware when talking to the inhabitants of this world not to believe their words, so that the Devil does not disturb you.
Conjugation
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
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