umã

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• uã, ugûan, uman, umûã, umûan, ygûã, ymã, ymûã

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ũ.ˈmã]
• Rhymes: -ã
• Hyphenation: u‧mã

Adverb

umã

1. already
   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 26; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:

     Derori
     tiniçemumã caõy

     [Nde rory
     Tynysem umã kaûĩ]

     Be happy
     The cauim already overflows

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “umã”, 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 497, column 1