apó

See also: Appendix:Variations of "apo"

Macanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 阿婆 (aa³ po⁴).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpɔ/

Noun

apó

1. elderly Chinese woman of humble background

   Hypernyms: (old woman) véla, chacha

   apó cartâ águ ― old woman carrying water

Derived terms

• aporóna

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#a

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: a‧pó

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tapo, from Proto-Tupian *ja(-)po.

Cognate with Guaraní tapo.

Noun

apó (IIe class pluriform, absolute sapó, R1 rapó, R2 sapó) (possessable)

1. root (part of a plant that anchors and supports the plant body)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: apú

Adjective

apó (IIe class pluriform, R1 rapó, R2 sapó, noun form apó)

1. rooted (having roots)
2. rooted (fixed in place by roots)
3. rootgrowing (which grows roots)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tapo.

Verb

apó (first-person singular active indicative aîapó, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîapóî, gerund apóbo, noun apó) (transitive)

1. to make (to prepare or cook food)
   • 1622, anonymous author, “Papas”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 64; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Aiapô mingaû.

     [Aîapó minga'u.]

     I made porridge,

2. to transform; to make into [with -ramo]

   Synonym: monhang

   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “[Matrimônio]”, in [Doutrina Cristã]; republished as Armando Cardoso, compiler, Doutrina Cristã: Catecismo brasílico, volume I, São Paulo: Loyola, 1992, →ISBN, page 228, column 1, line 31:

     M[estre:] Emonánamope Tupã jandé rúbypý arukángañé apóu semirekóramo?
     D[iscipulo:] Emonánamo.

     [Mestre: Emonãnamope Tupã îandé rubypy arukanga nhẽ apóû semirekóramo?
     Discípulo: Emonãnamo.]

     Master: That's why God transformed our first father's rib in his wife?
     Disciple: That's why.

3. to arrange; to organize

   Synonym: mongaturõ

Conjugation

    Conjugation of apó (transitive, 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	moapó
Causative-comitative	eroapó
Reflexive	îeapó
Deverbals
-ba'e	oîapoba'e
emi-	emiapó／miapó
-pyr(a)	i apopyra
-sab(a)	apoaba／aposaba
-sar(a)	apoara／aposara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	aîapó	ereîapó	oîapó	oroîapó	îaîapó	peîapó
Permissive	t'aîapó	t'ereîapó	t'oîapó	t'oroîapó	t'îaîapó	ta peîapó
Imperative		eîapó				peîapó
Negative indicative	n'aîapóî	n'ereîapóî	n'oîapóî	n'oroîapóî	n'îaîapóî	na peîapóî
Negative permissive	t'aîapó umẽ	t'ereîapó umẽ	t'oîapó umẽ	t'oroîapó umẽ	t'îaîapó umẽ	ta peîapó umẽ
Negative imperative		eîapó umẽ				peîapó umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	apó
Negative	apoe'yma
Gerund
Affirmative	xe apóbo	nde apóbo	i apóbo	oré apóbo	îandé apóbo	pe apóbo
Negative	xe apoe'yma	nde apoe'yma	i apoe'yma	oré apoe'yma	îandé apoe'yma	pe apoe'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe apóû		i apóû	oré apóû	îandé apóû
Negative	xe apoe'ymi		i apoe'ymi	oré apoe'ymi	îandé apoe'ymi

Etymology 3

Noun

apó (possessable)

1. thickness

Adjective

apó (noun form apó)

1. thick
2. full

Descendants

• Nheengatu: apú

Etymology 4

Determiner

apó

1. that

Pronoun

apó

1. that

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “apó”, 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 50, columns 1–2