mongetá

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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)

  1. 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.
  2. to talk
  3. to read

Conjugation

Verb

mongetá (first-person singular active indicative amongetá, first-person singular negative active indicative n'amongetáî, noun mongetá) (intransitive)

  1. to talk

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: mungitá, mukitá

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