kûab

See also: kuab

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

kûá

Verb

kûab (first-person singular active indicative akûab, first-person singular negative active indicative n'akûabi, noun kûaba) (intransitive)

to pass by (to travel past without stopping)
Synonym: gûatá
to pass; to go through
to pass (to change from one state to another)
to pass; to elapse
to go
Synonym: só
to be (to occupy a place)

Conjugation

Conjugation of kûab (intransitive, B-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Deverbals
Causative	mongûab
Causative-comitative	erokûab
-ba'e	okûaba'e
-sab(a)	kûapaba
-sar(a)	kûapara
	Singular		Singular & 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	akûab	erekûab	okûab	orokûab	îakûab	pekûab
Permissive	t'akûab	t'erekûab	t'okûab	t'orokûab	t'îakûab	ta pekûab
Imperative		ekûab				pekûab
Negative indicative	n'akûabi	n'erekûabi	n'okûabi	n'orokûabi	n'îakûabi	na pekûabi
Negative permissive	t'akûab umẽ	t'erekûab umẽ	t'okûab umẽ	t'orokûab umẽ	t'îakûab umẽ	ta pekûab umẽ
Negative imperative		ekûab umẽ				pekûab umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûikûapa	ekûapa	okûapa	orokûapa	îakûapa	pekûapa
Negative	gûikûabe'yma	ekûabe'yma	okûabe'yma	orokûabe'yma	îakûabe'yma	pekûabe'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	kûaba
Negative	kûabe'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe kûabi		i kûabi	oré kûabi	îandé kûabi
Negative	xe kûabe'ymi		i kûabe'ymi	oré kûabe'ymi	îandé kûabe'ymi

References

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kûab”, 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 234, columns 1–2