moasy

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• mboasy

Etymology

Causative of asy, from mo- (causative prefix) +‎ asy (“pain”).

Verb

moasy (first-person singular active indicative aîmoasy, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîmoasyî, gerund moasŷabo, noun moasy) (transitive)

1. to envy
2. to resent (to feel resentment over)
3. to lament; to bewail
4. to regret; to repent (to feel pain for past acts)
5. causative of asy

Conjugation

    Conjugation of moasy (transitive, Y-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Reflexive	îemoasy
Deverbals
-ba'e	oîmoasyba'e
emi-	emimoasy／mimoasy
-pyr(a)	i moasypyra
-sab(a)	moasŷaba／moasysaba
-sar(a)	moasŷara／moasysara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	aîmoasy	ereîmoasy	oîmoasy	oroîmoasy	îaîmoasy	peîmoasy
Permissive	t'aîmoasy	t'ereîmoasy	t'oîmoasy	t'oroîmoasy	t'îaîmoasy	ta peîmoasy
Imperative		eîmoasy				peîmoasy
Negative indicative	n'aîmoasyî	n'ereîmoasyî	n'oîmoasyî	n'oroîmoasyî	n'îaîmoasyî	na peîmoasyî
Negative permissive	t'aîmoasy umẽ	t'ereîmoasy umẽ	t'oîmoasy umẽ	t'oroîmoasy umẽ	t'îaîmoasy umẽ	ta peîmoasy umẽ
Negative imperative		eîmoasy umẽ				peîmoasy umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	moasy
Negative	moasye'yma
Gerund
Affirmative	xe moasŷabo	nde moasŷabo	i moasŷabo	oré moasŷabo	îandé moasŷabo	pe moasŷabo
Negative	xe moasye'yma	nde moasye'yma	i moasye'yma	oré moasye'yma	îandé moasye'yma	pe moasye'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe moasyû		i moasyû	oré moasyû	îandé moasyû
Negative	xe moasye'ymi		i moasye'ymi	oré moasye'ymi	îandé moasye'ymi

Descendants

• ⇒ Brazilian Portuguese: Moacir

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “moasy”, 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 286, column 1