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Old Tupi
Noun
porabyky (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute morabyky)
- work; labour
- Synonyms: marã, marãtekó
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Verb
porabyky (first-person singular active indicative aporabyky, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aporabykyî, noun porabyky) (intransitive)
- to work (to do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers)
1618, Antônio de Araújo, “IVLIVS”, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Catalogo dos dias Santos de guarda, & de jejum (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, S. Laurent. mart. G. I. (section 10), page 7:Tàbuçu Roma pupè bià S. Lourenço T. mombeü, cerobiàra recenhé mocaẽ itâ iurâ àribo ceciri T. recê y iucàbo, y moètèbo niapòràbiqui j có àrapupe, amo y nungàra pupe ceõ agoera moetèçàbamo: y ecuacubabèâra y piàçaba.- [Tabusu Roma pupé byá S[ão] Lourenço T[upã] mombe'u serobîara resé nhẽ moka'ẽ itá îurá 'arybo sesyri Tupã resé i îukábo. I moetébo, n'îaporabykyî kó 'ara pupé amõ i nungara pupé se'õagûera moetesabamo. Îekuakuba bé 'ara i pîasaba.]
- In the city of Rome, for Saint Lawrence's belief in the announcement of God, they effectively burned him over an iron grill, killing him. Praising him, we don't work on this day, as a way of honoring his death on another day similar to this one. Fasting and obligation day.
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Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
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