mondyk
Old Tupi
Etymology 1
From mo- (causative prefix) + syk.
Verb
mondyk (first-person singular active indicative aîmondyk, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîmondyki, noun mondyka) (transitive)
- causative of syk
- to destroy
- Synonyms: mombab, mondygûer
- c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. Lço [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 60v, lines 37–41; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 112:
- Xe reco iporang ete, / naipotari aba çeitica, / naipotari aba imombica, / aipotacatu tenhe / opabi taba mondica.
- [Xe rekó i porangeté, / n'aîpotari abá seîtyka, / n'aîpotari abá i mombyka, / aîpotakatutenhẽ opabĩ taba mondyka.]
- My law is very beatiful, I don't want men throwing it away, I don't want men manking it end. I really want to destroy all the villages.
- 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “por graci gco gte” (chapter LXIII), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], page 147v, column 1, lines 11–15; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 279:
- Ogoẽbiaramo pabẽ / anhãga yandepiciqui / ogoecopochi rece / opabĩ aba mondiqui / ogoribamo meme.
- [Ogû embîaramo pabẽ / ananga îandé pysyki / o ekopoxy resé / opabĩ abá mondyki / og orybamo memẽ.]
- Like their prey, the devil has captured us all. Through his evil, all men he destroys, always being happy.
Etymology 2
Verb
mondyk (first-person singular active indicative aîmondyk, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîmondyki, noun mondyka) (transitive)
- to burn (to cause to be consumed by fire)
- Synonyms: apy, ũî
- to light (to start a fire)
- Synonyms: mo'ar, moendy, moîepotar
Conjugation
Conjugation of mondyk (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 | mondykukar | |||||
| Reflexive | îemondyk | |||||
| Deverbals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -ba'e | oîmondykyba'e | |||||
| emi- | emimondyka / mimondyka | |||||
| -pyr(a) | i mondykypyra | |||||
| -sab(a) | mondykaba | |||||
| -sar(a) | mondykara | |||||
| Singular | Singular & Plural | Plural | ||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person exclusive | 1st person inclusive | 2nd person | |
| Verbal forms | ||||||
| Active | ||||||
| Indicative | aîmondyk | ereîmondyk | oîmondyk | oroîmondyk | îaîmondyk | peîmondyk |
| Permissive | t'aîmondyk | t'ereîmondyk | t'oîmondyk | t'oroîmondyk | t'îaîmondyk | ta peîmondyk |
| Imperative | eîmondyk | peîmondyk | ||||
| Negative indicative | n'aîmondyki | n'ereîmondyki | n'oîmondyki | n'oroîmondyki | n'îaîmondyki | na peîmondyki |
| Negative permissive | t'aîmondyk umẽ | t'ereîmondyk umẽ | t'oîmondyk umẽ | t'oroîmondyk umẽ | t'îaîmondyk umẽ | ta peîmondyk umẽ |
| Negative imperative | eîmondyk umẽ | peîmondyk umẽ | ||||
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Affirmative | mondyka | |||||
| Negative | mondyke'yma | |||||
| Gerund | ||||||
| Affirmative | xe mondyka | nde mondyka | i mondyka | oré mondyka | îandé mondyka | pe mondyka |
| Negative | xe mondyke'yma | nde mondyke'yma | i mondyke'yma | oré mondyke'yma | îandé mondyke'yma | pe mondyke'yma |
| Circumstantial | ||||||
| Affirmative | xe mondyki | i mondyki | oré mondyki | îandé mondyki | ||
| Negative | xe mondyke'ymi | i mondyke'ymi | oré mondyke'ymi | îandé mondyke'ymi | ||
References
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mondyk”, 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, pages 304–305