obyeté
Old Tupi
Etymology
From oby (“blue, green, purple”) + eté (“true”), as to differentiate it from the other colors.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɔˌβ̞ɨ.ɛˈtɛ]
- Rhymes: -ɛ
- Hyphenation: o‧by‧e‧té
Noun
obyeté (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute tobyeté, R1 robyeté, R2 sobyeté)
Adjective
obyeté (IIa class pluriform, R1 robyeté, R2 sobyeté, noun form obyeté)
Declension
Declension of obyeté (IIa pluriform, 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 | moobyeté | |||||
| Deadjectivals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -ba'e | sobyeteba'e | |||||
| -sab(a) | obyeteaba / obyetesaba | |||||
| Singular | Singular & Plural | Plural | ||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person exclusive | 1st person inclusive | 2nd person | |
| Adjectival forms | ||||||
| Active | ||||||
| Indicative | xe robyeté | nde robyeté | sobyeté | oré robyeté | îandé robyeté | pe robyeté |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Permissive | ta xe robyeté | ta nde robyeté | ta sobyeté | t'oré robyeté | t'îandé robyeté | ta pe robyeté |
| Negative indicative | na xe robyetéî | na nde robyetéî | na sobyetéî | n'oré robyetéî | n'îandé robyetéî | na pe robyetéî |
| Negative imperative | nde robyeté umẽ | pe robyeté umẽ | ||||
| Negative permissive | ta xe robyeté umẽ | ta nde robyeté umẽ | ta sobyeté umẽ | t'oré robyeté umẽ | t'îandé robyeté umẽ | ta pe robyeté umẽ |
| Gerund | ||||||
| Affirmative | xe robyetéramo | nde robyetéramo | o obyetéramo | oré robyetéramo | îandé robyetéramo | pe robyetéramo |
| Negative | xe robyetee'ymamo | nde robyetee'ymamo | o obyetee'ymamo | oré robyetee'ymamo | îandé robyetee'ymamo | pe robyetee'ymamo |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Affirmative | obyeté | |||||
| Negative | obyetee'yma | |||||
| Circumstantial | ||||||
| Affirmative | same as gerund1 | |||||
| xe robyetéû2 | sobyetéû2 | oré robyetéû2 | îandé robyetéû2 | |||
| Negative | same as gerund1 | |||||
| xe robyetee'ymi2 | sobyetee'ymi2 | oré robyetee'ymi2 | îandé robyetee'ymi2 | |||
| 1South Tupi 2North Tupi | ||||||
See also
| Colors in Old Tupi (layout · text) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nouns | piranga | îuba, tagûá (LGA) | oby | obyeté | *umbyka | morotinga, tinga | una, pyxuna (LGA) | tingaíba, pytanga / pyxanga |
| Adjectives | pirang | îub, tagûá (LGA) | *umbyk | moroting, ting | un, pyxun (LGA) | tingaíb, pytang / pyxang | ||
References
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “obyeté”, 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 355, column 2