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Old Tupi
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nheẽngar
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Verb
nhe'engar (first-person singular active indicative anhe'engar, first-person singular negative active indicative n'anhe'engari, noun nhe'engara) (intransitive)
- to sing (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice)
- Synonym: nhe'engaraíb
c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. Lço ” (chapter XLIV), in , Niterói, page 74, lines 650–651; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 139:Tianheenga miri ranhe / ara momorangatuabo- Let us sing a little bit first to celebrate the day well.
Usage notes
- This verb only refered to people. For bird vocalization, the generic nhe'eng was used instead.
Conjugation
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
Descendants
References
- anonymous author (1622) “Cantar”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 66: “Anheẽngar ”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nhe'engar”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 338, column 1