gûang
Old Tupi
Alternative forms
| Historical spellings | |
|---|---|
| VLB (1622) | goang |
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *waŋ.
Verb
gûang (first-person singular active indicative aîogûang, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîogûangi, noun gûanga) (transitive)
- to paint with achiote
- Hypernym: mopirang
- Meronym: uruku
- 1622, anonymous author, “Almagrar ao que uem cançado”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 32; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
- Aipigoang
- [Aîpygûang]
- I paint their feet with achiote.
Conjugation
Conjugation of gûang (transitive, monosyllabic, consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
| Causative | gûangukar | |||||
| Causative-comitative | erogûang | |||||
| Reflexive | îegûang | |||||
| Deverbals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -ba'e | oîogûangyba'e | |||||
| emi- | emigûanga / migûanga | |||||
| -pyr(a) | i gûangymbyra | |||||
| -sab(a) | gûangaba | |||||
| -sar(a) | gûangara | |||||
| Singular | Singular and Plural | Plural | ||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person exclusive | 1st person inclusive | 2nd person | |
| Verbal forms | ||||||
| Active | ||||||
| Indicative | aîogûang | ereîogûang | oîogûang | oroîogûang | îaîogûang | peîogûang |
| Permissive | t'aîogûang | t'ereîogûang | t'oîogûang | t'oroîogûang | t'îaîogûang | ta peîogûang |
| Imperative | eîogûang | peîogûang | ||||
| Negative indicative | n'aîogûangi | n'ereîogûangi | n'oîogûangi | n'oroîogûangi | n'îaîogûangi | na peîogûangi |
| Negative permissive | t'aîogûang umẽ | t'ereîogûang umẽ | t'oîogûang umẽ | t'oroîogûang umẽ | t'îaîogûang umẽ | ta peîogûang umẽ |
| Negative imperative | eîogûang umẽ | peîogûang umẽ | ||||
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Affirmative | gûanga | |||||
| Negative | gûange'yma | |||||
| Gerund | ||||||
| Affirmative | xe gûanga | nde gûanga | i gûanga | oré gûanga | îandé gûanga | pe gûanga |
| Negative | xe gûange'yma | nde gûange'yma | i gûange'yma | oré gûange'yma | îandé gûange'yma | pe gûange'yma |
| Circumstantial | ||||||
| Affirmative | xe gûangi | i gûangi | oré gûangi | îandé gûangi | ||
| Negative | xe gûange'ymi | i gûange'ymi | oré gûange'ymi | îandé gûange'ymi | ||
Derived terms
- obagûang
Further reading
- Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “gûang”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 132, column 2