nhe'eng
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Old Tupi
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jeʔeŋ (“to speak”), from Proto-Tupian *weʔeŋ (“to speak”).[1]
Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní ñe'ẽ.
Verb
[edit]nhe'eng (first-person singular active indicative anhe'eng, first-person singular negative active indicative n'anhe'engi, first-person singular gerund gûinhe'enga, noun nhe'enga) (intransitive)
- to speak; to talk [with supé ‘to someone’]
- Peró supé oronhe'eng.
- We talked to the Portuguese.
- to answer; to reply [with supé ‘to someone’]
- to have an issue, matter [with supé ‘with someone’]
- Synonym: poepyk
- to salute; to greet [with supé ‘to someone’]
- to intercede (to plead on someone else's behalf) [with esé ‘for someone’]
- to buzz
- (of animals) to cry
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of nhe'eng (intransitive, consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Nheengatu: nheẽ
- →? Portuguese: nhenhenhém, nhe-nhe-nhem
Etymology 2
[edit]Back-formation from nhe'enga (“speech”).
Adjective
[edit]nhe'eng (noun form nhe'enga)
- speaking (having the ability of speech)
Declension
[edit] Declension of nhe'eng (consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2005) Método Moderno de Tupi Antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos [Modern method of Old Tupi: the language of Brazil's early centuries][1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, São Paulo: Global Editora, →ISBN
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nhe'eng”, 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 337, column 1
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nhe'enga”, 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 337
Categories:
- Old Tupi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Old Tupi/ɛ̃ŋ
- Rhymes:Old Tupi/ɛ̃ŋ/2 syllables
- Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupian
- Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupian
- Old Tupi lemmas
- Old Tupi verbs
- Old Tupi intransitive verbs
- Old Tupi terms with usage examples
- Old Tupi back-formations
- Old Tupi adjectives