mirĩ

See also: miri, Miri, mirí, and mirî

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [miˈɾĩ]
• Rhymes: -ĩ
• Hyphenation: mi‧rĩ

Adjective

mirĩ (noun form mirĩ)

1. little (small in size)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mirĩ

2. short (having a small height)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mirĩ

Declension

    Declension of mirĩ (nasal vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)

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

Causative	momirĩ
Deadjectivals
-ba'e	i mirĩba'e
-sab(a)	mirĩsaba
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative	xe mirĩ	nde mirĩ	i mirĩ	oré mirĩ	îandé mirĩ	pe mirĩ
Imperative
Permissive	ta xe mirĩ	ta nde mirĩ	t'i mirĩ	t'oré mirĩ	t'îandé mirĩ	ta pe mirĩ
Negative indicative	na xe mirĩ	na nde mirĩ	n'i mirĩ	n'oré mirĩ	n'îandé mirĩ	na pe mirĩ
Negative imperative		nde mirĩ umẽ				pe mirĩ umẽ
Negative permissive	ta xe mirĩ umẽ	ta nde mirĩ umẽ	t'i mirĩ umẽ	t'oré mirĩ umẽ	t'îandé mirĩ umẽ	ta pe mirĩ umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	xe mirĩnamo	nde mirĩnamo	o mirĩnamo	oré mirĩnamo	îandé mirĩnamo	pe mirĩnamo
Negative	xe mirĩe'ymamo	nde mirĩe'ymamo	o mirĩe'ymamo	oré mirĩe'ymamo	îandé mirĩe'ymamo	pe mirĩe'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	mirĩ
Negative	mirĩe'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	same as gerund1
	xe mirĩû2		i mirĩû2	oré mirĩû2	îandé mirĩû2
Negative	same as gerund1
	xe mirĩe'ymi2		i mirĩe'ymi2	oré mirĩe'ymi2	îandé mirĩe'ymi2
1South Tupi 2North Tupi

Descendants

• Nheengatu: mirí
• → Brazilian Portuguese: mirim

Adverb

mirĩ

1. a little (to a small extent or degree)

Noun

mirĩ (possessable)

1. small thing

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mirĩ”, 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, pages 280–281