moîub

Old Tupi

Etymology

Causative of îub, from mo- (causative voice prefix) +‎ îub (“yellow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɔ̃ˈjuβ]
• Rhymes: -uβ
• Hyphenation: mo‧îub

Verb

moîub (first-person singular active indicative aîmoîub, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîmoîubi, gerund moîupa, noun moîuba) (transitive)

1. to gold; to golden
   • 1622, anonymous author, “Dourar com ouro”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 106; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Aimoiub […] Jtaiubapupe.

     [Aîmoîub […] itaîuba pupé.]

     I goldened it with gold.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of moîub (transitive, B-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Reflexive	îemoîub
Deverbals
-ba'e	oîmoîuba'e／oîmoîubyba'e
emi-	emimoîuba／mimoîuba
-pyr(a)	i moîubypyra
-sab(a)	moîupaba
-sar(a)	moîupara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	aîmoîub	ereîmoîub	oîmoîub	oroîmoîub	îaîmoîub	peîmoîub
Permissive	t'aîmoîub	t'ereîmoîub	t'oîmoîub	t'oroîmoîub	t'îaîmoîub	ta peîmoîub
Imperative		eîmoîub				peîmoîub
Negative indicative	n'aîmoîubi	n'ereîmoîubi	n'oîmoîubi	n'oroîmoîubi	n'îaîmoîubi	na peîmoîubi
Negative permissive	t'aîmoîub umẽ	t'ereîmoîub umẽ	t'oîmoîub umẽ	t'oroîmoîub umẽ	t'îaîmoîub umẽ	ta peîmoîub umẽ
Negative imperative		eîmoîub umẽ				peîmoîub umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	moîuba
Negative	moîube'yma
Gerund
Affirmative	xe moîupa	nde moîupa	i moîupa	oré moîupa	îandé moîupa	pe moîupa
Negative	xe moîube'yma	nde moîube'yma	i moîube'yma	oré moîube'yma	îandé moîube'yma	pe moîube'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe moîubi		i moîubi	oré moîubi	îandé moîubi
Negative	xe moîube'ymi		i moîube'ymi	oré moîube'ymi	îandé moîube'ymi

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “moîub”, 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 294, column 1