petyma

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Old Tupi

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pe-tɨm, from Proto-Tupian *pe.

    Cognate with Guaraní petỹ.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    petyma (possessable)

    1. tobacco (any plant in the genus Nicotiana)
      • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 148; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:

        — Ererupe nde petyma?
        — Kó bé. Xe ratáte ogûé.
        — Na sasyî. Ne'ĩne endé, enhana seru nhemima; mbype emondarõ sesé.
        — Irõ! Xe îar, abebé. Kó tatá xe soagûera.
        — Eẽ, ké Tatapytera t'ogûapyk, ûĩme endé, iké Moroupîarûera.

        — Did you bring your tobacco? / — Here. But my fire went out. / — No problem. You there, go bring it in hiding; steal it from around here. / Here I am! My master, I flew. Here is the fire I went after. / — Yes, Tatapytera shall sit here, you there, Moroupîarûera here.
    2. (by extension) cigar smoke

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: pitima
    • Brazilian Portuguese: petima
    • French: pétun

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