pisirú

Nheengatu

Verb

pisirú

  1. (transitive) to free
  2. (transitive) to save
  3. (transitive) to liberate
  4. (transitive) to support
  5. (transitive) to defend
  6. (transitive) to help
  7. (transitive) to assist
  8. (transitive) to protect

Usage notes

No longer in use, being used mostly in the expression Tupana upisirú.

Conjugation

Conjugation of pisirú
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative affirmative apisirú repisirú upisirú yapisirú pepisirú upisirú
negative ti apisirú ti repisirú ti upisirú ti yapisirú ti pepisirú ti upisirú
imperative affirmative repisirú yapisirú pepisirú
negative te repisirú te yapisirú te pepisirú

References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “pisirú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 616
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