oryb

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• ory

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní ory.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɔ.ˈɾɨβ]
• Rhymes: -ɨβ
• Hyphenation: o‧ryb

Verb

oryb (IIa class pluriform, R1 roryb, R2 soryb)

1. to be joyful, happy, to rejoice
   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Paſſo de Pilatos, & Herodes” (chapter 6), in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], 1 edition, Livro Terceiro do Cathecismo, e summa da Doctrina Christam [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 58v:

     M. Mamope Pilatos ceraçoucari aereme?
     D. Morobixâba Galilea amo igbi rerecoara Herodes ceribae çupe.
     M. Coricatu cerã erimbae Herodes IESV repiaca?
     D. Coricatû, coecenheimbê cepiapota tenheroirê.
     M. Maranamope çoribamo?
     D. Oimonhang ipô corí milagre amô, mbaè Yabaibaè moabaibeîma Xerobaquenereâ oyâbo.
     M. Oimonhãgpe yande jara amo çobaquè?
     D. Noimonhang-i; naxe rerobiâ potaruã moxi recou xe milagre repiaca potâ, oyabo

     [M. Mamõpe Pilatos serasoukari a'ereme?
     D. Morubixaba Galileia amõ yby rerekoara Herodes seryba'e supé.
     M. Sorykatu serã erimba'e Herodes Jesus repîaka?
     D. Sorykatu, kûesenhe'ym bé sepîapotá tenhẽ roîré.
     M. Marãnamope sorybamo?
     D. "Oîmonhang ipó kori milagre amõ, mba'e i abaiba'e moabaibe'yma, xe robakéne re'a", o'îabo.
     M. Oîmonhangype îandé îara amõ sobaké?
     D. N'oîmonhangi, "na xe rerobîapotá ruã, moxy rekóû xe milagre repîaka potá", o'îabo.]

     M. Where did Pilate have him taken then?
     D. To the chief guardian of a certain land Galilee, named Herod.
     M. Was Herod happy to see Jesus?
     D. He was quite happy, after wanting to see him in vain for a long time.
     M. Why was he happy?
     D. Because he thought: "He might perform a miracle today, making an easy thing out of a difficult one, before me".
     M. Did our lord perform any before him?
     D. He did not, because he thought: "Not wanting to believe in me, the cursed ones want to see my miracles".

2. to be funny, playful
   • 1864, Yves d'Évreux, “De la consanguinité, qui est parmy ces Sauuages” (chapter 23), in Voyage dans le Nord du Brésil fait durant les années 1613 et 1614 par le Père Yves d'Évreux‎^[1], page 96:

     Xe roryb.

     [original: Cheroreuuë]

     I'm funny.

Usage notes

• It is used for some good or for something unnatural, unlike esãî.

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “oryba”, 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 363, column 1