pituú
Nheengatu
Alternative forms
- mituú (archaic)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Old Tupi putu'u, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtuʔu, from *pɨtu + *ʔu. Doublet of mituú.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pituˈu/, (São Gabriel da Cachoeira, some speakers) [piˈtu]
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: pi‧tu‧ú
- Homophone: pitú (u-dropping)
Verb
pituú
- (intransitive) to rest (to take repose)
- (intransitive) to rest (to be free from that which harasses or disturbs)
- (ambitransitive) to stop; to cease
- (intransitive, figurative) to mate; to copulate
Conjugation
| Conjugation of pituú | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | affirmative | apituú | repituú | upituú | yapituú | pepituú | upituú |
| negative | ti apituú | ti repituú | ti upituú | ti yapituú | ti pepituú | ti upituú | |
| imperative | affirmative | repituú | yapituú | pepituú | |||
| negative | te repituú | te yapituú | te pepituú | ||||
Derived terms
- mupituú
- pituusara
- pituusawa
Noun
pituú (plural pituú-itá)
- (archaic) rest (any relief from exertion)