me'eng
See also: meeng
Old Tupi
Alternative forms
Etymology
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní me'ẽ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɛˈʔɛ̃ŋ]
- Rhymes: -ɛ̃ŋ
- Hyphenation: me‧'eng
Verb
me'eng (first-person singular active indicative aîme'eng, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîme'engi, noun me'enga) (transitive)
- to give (transfer the possession of something to someone else)
- to hand over
- (Late Tupi) to sell
- Synonym: ma'e'ĩ
Conjugation
Conjugation of me'eng (transitive, consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
| Causative | me'engukar | |||||
| Causative-comitative | erome'eng | |||||
| Reflexive | îeme'eng | |||||
| Deverbals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -ba'e | oîme'engyba'e | |||||
| emi- | emime'enga / mime'enga | |||||
| -pyr(a) | i me'engymbyra | |||||
| -sab(a) | me'engaba | |||||
| -sar(a) | me'engara | |||||
| Singular | Singular & Plural | Plural | ||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person exclusive | 1st person inclusive | 2nd person | |
| Verbal forms | ||||||
| Active | ||||||
| Indicative | aîme'eng | ereîme'eng | oîme'eng | oroîme'eng | îaîme'eng | peîme'eng |
| Permissive | t'aîme'eng | t'ereîme'eng | t'oîme'eng | t'oroîme'eng | t'îaîme'eng | ta peîme'eng |
| Imperative | eîme'eng | peîme'eng | ||||
| Negative indicative | n'aîme'engi | n'ereîme'engi | n'oîme'engi | n'oroîme'engi | n'îaîme'engi | na peîme'engi |
| Negative permissive | t'aîme'eng umẽ | t'ereîme'eng umẽ | t'oîme'eng umẽ | t'oroîme'eng umẽ | t'îaîme'eng umẽ | ta peîme'eng umẽ |
| Negative imperative | eîme'eng umẽ | peîme'eng umẽ | ||||
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Affirmative | me'enga | |||||
| Negative | me'enge'yma | |||||
| Gerund | ||||||
| Affirmative | xe me'enga | nde me'enga | i me'enga | oré me'enga | îandé me'enga | pe me'enga |
| Negative | xe me'enge'yma | nde me'enge'yma | i me'enge'yma | oré me'enge'yma | îandé me'enge'yma | pe me'enge'yma |
| Circumstantial | ||||||
| Affirmative | xe me'engi | i me'engi | oré me'engi | îandé me'engi | ||
| Negative | xe me'enge'ymi | i me'enge'ymi | oré me'enge'ymi | îandé me'enge'ymi | ||
Related terms
- emime'enga
- i me'engymbyra
- me'enga
- me'engaba
- me'engara
Descendants
- Nheengatu: meẽ
References
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “me'eng”, 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 274, columns 1–2