-ta'e

• -taé, -ta, -té

-ta'e (Língua Geral Amazônica)

1. interrogative particle

   Synonym: -pe

   • 1750s, anonymous author, “De Jncarnatione Verbi Divini” (chapter 6), in “Do que pertence a Fé / Dos mysterios, q̃ se contem no Credo” (book 1), in Doutrina christaã em lingoa geral dos Indios do Estado do Brasil e Maranhaõ [Christian doctrine in the general language of the Indians of the state of Brazil and Maranhão]‎^[1] (overall work in Latin and Língua Geral Amazônica), folios 20v–21:

     Majauétäé cecoû? / R. Cunhã mucu angaturãmeté […] barríga pupé pitangaráma onhemonháng.

     [Maîaûeta'e sekóû? / R. Kunhãmukuangaturameté […] barriga pupé pitanga-rama onhemonhang.]

     How did he proceed? / A. He made himself a child within the womb of a very good young woman.

   • 1750s, anonymous author, “De Remedius contra peccata” (chapter 15), in “De Vitiis et Peccatis” (book 6), in Doutrina christaã em lingoa geral dos Indios do Estado do Brasil e Maranhaõ [Christian doctrine in the general language of the Indians of the state of Brazil and Maranhão]‎^[2] (overall work in Latin and Língua Geral Amazônica), folio 124v:

     Abátäé aipó ëí?

     [Abata'e aîpó e'i?]

     Who says this?

   • a. 1756, Anton Meisterburg, “Onde, em que lugar”, in [Dicionário de Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Língua Geral Amazônica), Baixo Xingu; Pará, page 29v, column 2, line 7; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica, Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 209:

     mametäé oçó pachicú?

     [Mameta'e osó Paxiku?]

     Where did Francis go?

• Nheengatu: taá