'ypîasó

Old Tupi

Etymology

By surface analysis, 'y (“water source”) +‎ -pe (“to”, directional, with movement) +‎ a- (first-person-singular personal-number prefix) +‎ só (“to go”), literally “I go to the water source”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɨ.pjaˈsɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: 'y‧pîa‧só

Verb

'ypîasó (first-person singular active indicative a'ypîasó, first-person singular negative active indicative n'a'ypîasóî, first-person singular gerund gûi'ypîasóbo, noun 'ypîasó) (intransitive)

1. to go fetch water (from the source)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of 'ypîasó (intransitive, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Causative	mo'ypîasó
Causative-comitative	ero'ypîasó
Deverbals
-ba'e	o'ypîasoba'e
-sab(a)	'ypîasoaba／'ypîasosaba
-sar(a)	'ypîasoara／'ypîasosara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	a'ypîasó	ere'ypîasó	o'ypîasó	oro'ypîasó	îa'ypîasó	pe'ypîasó
Permissive	t'a'ypîasó	t'ere'ypîasó	t'o'ypîasó	t'oro'ypîasó	t'îa'ypîasó	ta pe'ypîasó
Imperative		e'ypîasó				pe'ypîasó
Negative indicative	n'a'ypîasóî	n'ere'ypîasóî	n'o'ypîasóî	n'oro'ypîasóî	n'îa'ypîasóî	na pe'ypîasóî
Negative permissive	t'a'ypîasó umẽ	t'ere'ypîasó umẽ	t'o'ypîasó umẽ	t'oro'ypîasó umẽ	t'îa'ypîasó umẽ	ta pe'ypîasó umẽ
Negative imperative		e'ypîasó umẽ				pe'ypîasó umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûi'ypîasóbo	e'ypîasóbo	o'ypîasóbo	oro'ypîasóbo	îa'ypîasóbo	pe'ypîasóbo
Negative	gûi'ypîasoe'yma	e'ypîasoe'yma	o'ypîasoe'yma	oro'ypîasoe'yma	îa'ypîasoe'yma	pe'ypîasoe'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	'ypîasó
Negative	'ypîasoe'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe 'ypîasóû		i 'ypîasóû	oré 'ypîasóû	îandé 'ypîasóû
Negative	xe 'ypîasoe'ymi		i 'ypîasoe'ymi	oré 'ypîasoe'ymi	îandé 'ypîasoe'ymi

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'ypîasó”, 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 531, column 1