tagûá

See also: tagua

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taˈɡwa/
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: ta‧gûá

Noun

tagûá (possessable)^[1]

yellow earth^[2]^[3]
red earth^[4]
(Língua Geral Amazônica) yellow^[5]
Synonym: îuba

Derived terms

tagûapiranga

Adjective

tagûá (noun form tagûá) (Língua Geral Amazônica)

yellow^[6]
Synonym: îub

Declension

Declension of tagûá (oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)

Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.

Deadjectivals
Causative	mondagûá
-ba'e	i tagûaba'e
-sab(a)	tagûasaba
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person exclusive	1^st person inclusive	2^nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative	xe tagûá	nde tagûá	i tagûá	oré tagûá	îandé tagûá	pe tagûá
Imperative		nde tagûá				pe tagûá
Permissive	ta xe tagûá	ta nde tagûá	t'i tagûá	t'oré tagûá	t'îandé tagûá	ta pe tagûá
Negative indicative	na xe tagûáî	na nde tagûáî	n'i tagûáî	n'oré tagûáî	n'îandé tagûáî	na pe tagûáî
Negative imperative		nde tagûá umẽ				pe tagûá umẽ
Negative permissive	ta xe tagûá umẽ	ta nde tagûá umẽ	t'i tagûá umẽ	t'oré tagûá umẽ	t'îandé tagûá umẽ	ta pe tagûá umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	xe tagûáramo	nde tagûáramo	o tagûáramo	oré tagûáramo	îandé tagûáramo	pe tagûáramo
Negative	xe tagûae'ymamo	nde tagûae'ymamo	o tagûae'ymamo	oré tagûae'ymamo	îandé tagûae'ymamo	pe tagûae'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	tagûá
Negative	tagûae'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	same as gerund¹
Affirmative	xe tagûáû²		i tagûáû²	oré tagûáû²	îandé tagûáû²
Negative	same as gerund¹
Negative	xe tagûae'ymi²		i tagûae'ymi²	oré tagûae'ymi²	îandé tagûae'ymi²
¹South Tupi ²North Tupi

Coordinate terms

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)	oby	obyeté	*umbyk	moroting, ting	un, pyxun (LGA)	tingaíb, pytang / pyxang

Descendants

Nheengatu: tawá
→ Brazilian Portuguese: taguá

References

^ Joseph of Anchieta (1555) chapter 5, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, published 1595, page 14v: “Xetagoâ, ytagoâ [Xe tagûá, i tagûá]”
^ anonymous author (1622) “Barro […] amarello com q. se dá cor á louça”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 52: “Tagoâ”
^ Anton Meisterburg (a. 1756) “Barro”, in [Dicionário de Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Old Tupi), Baixo Xingu, Pará, page 7, column 2, line 50; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica, Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 119: “tagoá”
^ Luís Figueira (c. 1628) “Do nome Relatiuo”, in Arte da lingua Braſilica [Art of the Brazilian language]‎^[1] (overall work in Portuguese), Lisbon: Manoel da Silva, page 41v: “Tagoâ”
^ anonymous author (c. 1757) “AMARELA, cousa”, in [Vocabulario Portuguez–Brasilico] (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Ernesto Ferreira França, compiler, Chrestomathia da lingua brazilica, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1859, page 94: “tagoá”
^ João de Arronches (1739) “Amarella, couza”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI, São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 12: “ŷtâguâ [i tagûá]”

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tagûá”, 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 456, column 1

[1] Joseph of Anchieta (1555) chapter 5, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, published 1595, page 14v: “Xetagoâ, ytagoâ [Xe tagûá, i tagûá]”

[2] ymous author (1622) “Barro […] amarello com q. se dá cor á louça”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 52: “Tagoâ”

[3] Anton Meisterburg (a. 1756) “Barro”, in [Dicionário de Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Old Tupi), Baixo Xingu, Pará, page 7, column 2, line 50; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica, Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 119: “tagoá”

[4] Luís Figueira (c. 1628) “Do nome Relatiuo”, in Arte da lingua Braſilica [Art of the Brazilian language]‎^[1] (overall work in Portuguese), Lisbon: Manoel da Silva, page 41v: “Tagoâ”

[5] ymous author (c. 1757) “AMARELA, cousa”, in [Vocabulario Portuguez–Brasilico] (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Ernesto Ferreira França, compiler, Chrestomathia da lingua brazilica, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1859, page 94: “tagoá”

[6] João de Arronches (1739) “Amarella, couza”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI, São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 12: “ŷtâguâ [i tagûá]”

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