kopîasó

Old Tupi

Abá okopîasó.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔ.pjaˈsɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: ko‧pîa‧só

Verb

kopîasó (first-person singular active indicative akopîasó, first-person singular negative active indicative n'akopîasóî, first-person singular gerund gûikopîasóbo, noun kopîasó) (intransitive)

1. to go to the farm, plantation

Conjugation

    Conjugation of kopîasó (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	mongopîasó
Causative-comitative	erokopîasó
Deverbals
-ba'e	okopîasoba'e
-sab(a)	kopîasoaba／kopîasosaba
-sar(a)	kopîasoara／kopîasosara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	akopîasó	erekopîasó	okopîasó	orokopîasó	îakopîasó	pekopîasó
Permissive	t'akopîasó	t'erekopîasó	t'okopîasó	t'orokopîasó	t'îakopîasó	ta pekopîasó
Imperative		ekopîasó				pekopîasó
Negative indicative	n'akopîasóî	n'erekopîasóî	n'okopîasóî	n'orokopîasóî	n'îakopîasóî	na pekopîasóî
Negative permissive	t'akopîasó umẽ	t'erekopîasó umẽ	t'okopîasó umẽ	t'orokopîasó umẽ	t'îakopîasó umẽ	ta pekopîasó umẽ
Negative imperative		ekopîasó umẽ				pekopîasó umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûikopîasóbo	ekopîasóbo	okopîasóbo	orokopîasóbo	îakopîasóbo	pekopîasóbo
Negative	gûikopîasoe'yma	ekopîasoe'yma	okopîasoe'yma	orokopîasoe'yma	îakopîasoe'yma	pekopîasoe'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	kopîasó
Negative	kopîasoe'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe kopîasóû		i kopîasóû	oré kopîasóû	îandé kopîasóû
Negative	xe kopîasoe'ymi		i kopîasoe'ymi	oré kopîasoe'ymi	îandé kopîasoe'ymi

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kopîasó”, 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 230, column 2