ucá

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Kariri

Alternative forms

ucà (Art of Grammar)

Etymology

By surface analysis, *u- +‎ cá (“to call for someone”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: u‧cá

Verb

ucá (5th declension, 3rd person singular sucá) (Kipeá)

to love
- 1699, Luis Vincencio Mamiani, Arte de grammatica da lingua brasilica da naçam kiriri, page 8:
  Sucá inhuræ do dipadzù
  The son loves his own father
- 1698, Luis Vincencio Mamiani, Catecismo da doutrina christãa na lingua braſilica da nação kiriri, page 9:
  Acá dó epadzú dó edé nódehẽdi.
  You will love your father and your mother.
  (literally, “You will love your father, your mother as well.”)
- 1698, Luis Vincencio Mamiani, Catecismo da doutrina christãa na lingua braſilica da nação kiriri, page 227:
  Dzucáidzãbæ ẽdohó, bo hiſé do JESU Chriſto.
  I truly love you, O my lord Jesus Christ.
to want
Synonym: særæ
- 1698, Luis Vincencio Mamiani, Catecismo da doutrina christãa na lingua braſilica da nação kiriri, page 157:
  Acá do netçó iwó uró enádi?
  Will you want to know the way of this?
  (literally, “Will you want the way of this to be known by you?”)

References

Arion Dall’Igna Rodrigues (1942) “UCÀ”, in “Vocabulários Português-Kirirí e Kirirí-Português”, in Arquivos do Museu Paranaense, volume 2, page 210

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