moatã

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• moatãnhẽ

Etymology

Causative of atã, from mo- (causative voice prefix) +‎ atã (“strong, hard, stiff, straight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.aˈtã/
• Rhymes: -ã
• Hyphenation: mo‧a‧tã

Verb

moatã (first-person singular active indicative aîmoatã, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîmoatãî, gerund moatãmo, noun moatã) (transitive)

1. to harden (to make something hard or harder)
2. to unfold (to undo a folding)

   Synonym: pysó

3. to widen (to make wide or wider)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of moatã (transitive, nasal vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Reflexive	îemoatã
Deverbals
-ba'e	oîmoatãba'e
emi-	emimoatã／mimoatã
-pyr(a)	i moatãpyra
-sab(a)	moatãsaba
-sar(a)	moatãana／moatãsara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	aîmoatã	ereîmoatã	oîmoatã	oroîmoatã	îaîmoatã	peîmoatã
Permissive	t'aîmoatã	t'ereîmoatã	t'oîmoatã	t'oroîmoatã	t'îaîmoatã	ta peîmoatã
Imperative		eîmoatã				peîmoatã
Negative indicative	n'aîmoatãî	n'ereîmoatãî	n'oîmoatãî	n'oroîmoatãî	n'îaîmoatãî	na peîmoatãî
Negative permissive	t'aîmoatã umẽ	t'ereîmoatã umẽ	t'oîmoatã umẽ	t'oroîmoatã umẽ	t'îaîmoatã umẽ	ta peîmoatã umẽ
Negative imperative		eîmoatã umẽ				peîmoatã umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	moatã
Negative	moatãe'yma
Gerund
Affirmative	xe moatãmo	nde moatãmo	i moatãmo	oré moatãmo	îandé moatãmo	pe moatãmo
Negative	xe moatãe'yma	nde moatãe'yma	i moatãe'yma	oré moatãe'yma	îandé moatãe'yma	pe moatãe'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe moatãû		i moatãû	oré moatãû	îandé moatãû
Negative	xe moatãe'ymi		i moatãe'ymi	oré moatãe'ymi	îandé moatãe'ymi

Descendants

• Nheengatu: muatá

References

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