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)

    1. causative of syk
    2. 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)

    1. to burn (to cause to be consumed by fire)
      Synonyms: apy, ũî
    2. to light (to start a fire)
      Synonyms: mo'ar, moendy, moîepotar

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