porabyky

Old Tupi

Noun

porabyky (Ib class pluriform, absolute morabyky) (possessable)

1. work; labour

   Synonyms: marã, marãtekó

Derived terms

• porabykyara
• porabykymokõî
• porabykymosapyr
• porabykypy

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: murakí

Verb

porabyky (first-person singular active indicative aporabyky, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aporabykyî, first-person singular gerund gûiporabykŷabo, noun porabyky) (intransitive)

1. to work (to do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers)
   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “IVLIVS”, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Catalogo dos dias Santos de guarda, & de jejum (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, S. Laurent. mart. G. I. (section 10), page 7:

     Tàbuçu Roma pupè bià S. Lourenço T. mombeü, cerobiàra recenhé mocaẽ itâ iurâ àribo ceciri T. recê y iucàbo, y moètèbo niapòràbiqui j có àrapupe, amo y nungàra pupe ceõ agoera moetèçàbamo: y ecuacubabèâra y piàçaba.

     [Tabusu Roma pupé byá S[ão] Lourenço T[upã] mombe'u serobîara resé nhẽ moka'ẽ itá îurá 'arybo sesyri Tupã resé i îukábo. I moetébo, n'îaporabykyî kó 'ara pupé amõ i nungara pupé se'õagûera moetesabamo. Îekuakuba bé 'ara i pîasaba.]

     In the city of Rome, for Saint Lawrence's belief in the announcement of God, they effectively burned him over an iron grill, killing him. Praising him, we don't work on this day, as a way of honoring his death on another day similar to this one. Fasting and obligation day.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of porabyky (intransitive, Y-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Causative	momorabyky
Causative-comitative	eroporabyky
Deverbals
-ba'e	oporabykyba'e
-sab(a)	porabykŷaba／porabykysaba
-sar(a)	porabykŷara／porabykysara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	aporabyky	ereporabyky	oporabyky	oroporabyky	îaporabyky	peporabyky
Permissive	t'aporabyky	t'ereporabyky	t'oporabyky	t'oroporabyky	t'îaporabyky	ta peporabyky
Imperative		eporabyky				peporabyky
Negative indicative	n'aporabykyî	n'ereporabykyî	n'oporabykyî	n'oroporabykyî	n'îaporabykyî	na peporabykyî
Negative permissive	t'aporabyky umẽ	t'ereporabyky umẽ	t'oporabyky umẽ	t'oroporabyky umẽ	t'îaporabyky umẽ	ta peporabyky umẽ
Negative imperative		eporabyky umẽ				peporabyky umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûiporabykŷabo	eporabykŷabo	oporabykŷabo	oroporabykŷabo	îaporabykŷabo	peporabykŷabo
Negative	gûiporabykye'yma	eporabykye'yma	oporabykye'yma	oroporabykye'yma	îaporabykye'yma	peporabykye'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	porabyky
Negative	porabykye'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe porabykyû		i porabykyû	oré porabykyû	îandé porabykyû
Negative	xe porabykye'ymi		i porabykye'ymi	oré porabykye'ymi	îandé porabykye'ymi

Descendants

• Nheengatu: purakí

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “porabyky”, 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 396, column 1