karasy
Old Tupi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ɾaˈsɨ/
- Rhymes: -ɨ
- Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧sy
Noun
karasy (possessable)
Adjective
karasy (noun form karasy)
- agued (afflicted with ague, malaria)
Declension
Declension of karasy (oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
| Causative | mongarasy | |||||
| Deadjectivals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -ba'e | i karasyba'e | |||||
| -sab(a) | karasŷaba / karasysaba | |||||
| Singular | Singular & Plural | Plural | ||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person exclusive | 1st person inclusive | 2nd person | |
| Adjectival forms | ||||||
| Active | ||||||
| Indicative | xe karasy | nde karasy | i karasy | oré karasy | îandé karasy | pe karasy |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Permissive | ta xe karasy | ta nde karasy | t'i karasy | t'oré karasy | t'îandé karasy | ta pe karasy |
| Negative indicative | na xe karasyî | na nde karasyî | n'i karasyî | n'oré karasyî | n'îandé karasyî | na pe karasyî |
| Negative imperative | nde karasy umẽ | pe karasy umẽ | ||||
| Negative permissive | ta xe karasy umẽ | ta nde karasy umẽ | t'i karasy umẽ | t'oré karasy umẽ | t'îandé karasy umẽ | ta pe karasy umẽ |
| Gerund | ||||||
| Affirmative | xe karasyramo | nde karasyramo | o karasyramo | oré karasyramo | îandé karasyramo | pe karasyramo |
| Negative | xe karasye'ymamo | nde karasye'ymamo | o karasye'ymamo | oré karasye'ymamo | îandé karasye'ymamo | pe karasye'ymamo |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Affirmative | karasy | |||||
| Negative | karasye'yma | |||||
| Circumstantial | ||||||
| Affirmative | same as gerund1 | |||||
| xe karasyû2 | i karasyû2 | oré karasyû2 | îandé karasyû2 | |||
| Negative | same as gerund1 | |||||
| xe karasye'ymi2 | i karasye'ymi2 | oré karasye'ymi2 | îandé karasye'ymi2 | |||
| 1South Tupi 2North Tupi | ||||||
Further reading
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “karasy”, 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 222, column 1