putun

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Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtun (“night, darkness”).[1]

Cognate with Guaraní pytũ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /puˈtũn/
  • Rhymes: -ũn
  • Hyphenation: pu‧tun

Adjective

putun (noun form putuna)

  1. dark (having an absolute or relative lack of light)
    Synonym: un
  2. nighted (overtaken by night)

Declension

    Declension of putun (consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
Causative mopútun
Deadjectivals
-ba'e i putunyba'e
-sab(a) putundaba
Singular Singular & Plural Plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person exclusive 1st person inclusive 2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative xe putun nde putun i putun oré putun îandé putun pe putun
Imperative
Permissive ta xe putun ta nde putun t'i putun t'oré putun t'îandé putun ta pe putun
Negative indicative na xe putuni na nde putuni n'i putuni n'oré putuni n'îandé putuni na pe putuni
Negative imperative nde putun umẽ pe putun umẽ
Negative permissive ta xe putun umẽ ta nde putun umẽ t'i putun umẽ t'oré putun umẽ t'îandé putun umẽ ta pe putun umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative xe putunamo nde putunamo o putunamo oré putunamo îandé putunamo pe putunamo
Negative xe putune'ymamo nde putune'ymamo o putune'ymamo oré putune'ymamo îandé putune'ymamo pe putune'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative putuna
Negative putune'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative same as gerund1
xe putuni2 i putuni2 oré putuni2 îandé putuni2
Negative same as gerund1
xe putune'ymi2 i putune'ymi2 oré putune'ymi2 îandé putune'ymi2
1South Tupi
2North Tupi

Adverb

putun

  1. at night

References

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC

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