porang

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *poraŋ (“beautiful”), from Proto-Tupian [Term?].

Cognate with Guaraní porã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.ˈɾãŋ/
• Rhymes: -ãŋ
• Hyphenation: po‧rang

Adjective

porang

1. beautiful

   Kunhã i porang.

   The woman is beautiful.

2. lucky; fortunate

Declension

    Declension of porang (consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)

	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative	xe porang	nde porang	i porang	oré porang	îandé porang	pe porang
Imperative
Permissive	ta xe porang	ta nde porang	t'i porang	t'oré porang	t'îandé porang	ta pe porang
Negative indicative	na xe porangi	na nde porangi	n'i porangi	n'oré porangi	n'îandé porangi	na pe porangi
Negative imperative		nde porang umẽ				pe porang umẽ
Negative permissive	ta xe porang umẽ	ta nde porang umẽ	t'i porang umẽ	t'oré porang umẽ	t'îandé porang umẽ	ta pe porang umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	xe porangamo	nde porangamo	o porangamo	oré porangamo	îandé porangamo	pe porangamo
Negative	xe porange'ymamo	nde porange'ymamo	o porange'ymamo	oré porange'ymamo	îandé porange'ymamo	pe porange'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	poranga
Negative	porange'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe porangamo		o porangamo	oré porangamo	îandé porangamo
	xe porangi1		i porangi1	oré porangi1	îandé porangi1
Negative	xe porange'ymamo		o porange'ymamo	oré porange'ymamo	îandé porange'ymamo
	xe porange'ymi1		i porange'ymi1	oré porange'ymi1	îandé porange'ymi1
1North Tupi

Derived terms

• îemomorang
• mytũporanga
• poranga

 

Adverb

porang

1. beautifully
2. well

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “poranga”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil‎^[1] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 396–397