nhemosaraî

Old Tupi

Etymology

From nhe- +‎ mo- +‎ (e)saraî, literally “to make oneself forget”.^[1]

Verb

nhemosaraî (first-person singular active indicative anhemosaraî, first-person singular negative active indicative n'anhemosaraî, noun nhemosaraîa) (intransitive)

to play (to have fun)
to party; to celebrate
Synonym: momorang
to make fun [with esé ‘about someone’]
Synonyms: îaî, memûã, moîaru

Conjugation

Conjugation of nhemosaraî (intransitive, Î-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.

Deverbals
Causative	monhemosaraî
-ba'e	onhemosaraîba'e
-sab(a)	nhemosaraîndaba
-sar(a)	nhemosaraîndara
	Singular		Singular and Plural	Plural
	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person exclusive	1^st person inclusive	2^nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	anhemosaraî	erenhemosaraî	onhemosaraî	oronhemosaraî	îanhemosaraî	penhemosaraî
Permissive	t'anhemosaraî	t'erenhemosaraî	t'onhemosaraî	t'oronhemosaraî	t'îanhemosaraî	ta penhemosaraî
Imperative		enhemosaraî				penhemosaraî
Negative indicative	n'anhemosaraî	n'erenhemosaraî	n'onhemosaraî	n'oronhemosaraî	n'îanhemosaraî	na penhemosaraî
Negative permissive	t'anhemosaraî umẽ	t'erenhemosaraî umẽ	t'onhemosaraî umẽ	t'oronhemosaraî umẽ	t'îanhemosaraî umẽ	ta penhemosaraî umẽ
Negative imperative		enhemosaraî umẽ				penhemosaraî umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûinhemosaraîa	enhemosaraîa	onhemosaraîa	oronhemosaraîa	îanhemosaraîa	penhemosaraîa
Negative	gûinhemosaraîe'yma	enhemosaraîe'yma	onhemosaraîe'yma	oronhemosaraîe'yma	îanhemosaraîe'yma	penhemosaraîe'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	nhemosaraîa
Negative	nhemosaraîe'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe nhemosaraî		i nhemosaraî	oré nhemosaraî	îandé nhemosaraî
Negative	xe nhemosaraîe'ymi		i nhemosaraîe'ymi	oré nhemosaraîe'ymi	îandé nhemosaraîe'ymi

Descendants

Nheengatu: yumusarái

References

^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “nhemosaraî”, 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 346, column 1

[1] Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “nhemosaraî”, 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 346, column 1

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