monhang

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Old Tupi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃ˈɲãŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ãŋ
  • Hyphenation: mo‧nhang

Verb

monhang (first-person singular active indicative aîmonhang, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîmonhangi, gerund monhanga, noun monhanga) (transitive)

  1. to make (to create)
  2. to make (to cause to)
  3. to make (to perform)
  4. to make (to behave, to act)
    Synonym: ikó
  5. to utter; to declare
  6. to transform; to make into
    Synonym: apó
  7. to scheme; to conspire; to engineer
  8. to model (to create from a substance)

Usage notes

In old texts, monhang and apó were commonly treated as synonyms. As these were written by Jesuits, it's unkown if native speakers used both verbs indiscriminately.

Conjugation

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Descendants

  • Nheengatu: munhã

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