îepotar

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jɛ.pɔˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: îe‧po‧tar

Verb

îepotar (first-person singular active indicative aîepotar, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîepotari, first-person singular gerund gûiîepotá, noun îepotara) (intransitive)

1. to arrive by water
   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, compiled by Eduardo de Almeida Navarro and Helder Perri Ferreira, Poemas: lírica portuguesa e tupi (Poetas do Brasil; 5), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, published 2004, →ISBN, page 156:

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     [Koromõ ipó eregûatá xe rekoápe, eîepotáne.]

     Soon, certainly, you'll pass by the place I live, arriving.

2. to stick; to adhere

   Synonym: îar

3. to spread [with esé ‘on something’]

   Synonym: îepotabẽ

Usage notes

• Old Tupi had three distinct verbs that translated to arrive, depending on the route taken: gûasem or syk when arriving by land and îepotar when arriving by water. With the evolution of the language and further contact with Portuguese, syk took the role of gûasem in Língua Geral, and by the 19th century the land–water difference no more existed.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of îepotar (intransitive, Î-starting, R-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Causative	moîepotar
Causative-comitative	eroîepotar
Deverbals
-ba'e	oîepotaryba'e
-sab(a)	îepotasaba／îepotaraba
-sar(a)	îepotasara／îepotarara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	aîepotar	ereîepotar	oîepotar	oroîepotar	îaîepotar	peîepotar
Permissive	t'aîepotar	t'ereîepotar	t'oîepotar	t'oroîepotar	t'îaîepotar	ta peîepotar
Imperative		eîepotar				peîepotar
Negative indicative	n'aîepotari	n'ereîepotari	n'oîepotari	n'oroîepotari	n'îaîepotari	na peîepotari
Negative permissive	t'aîepotar umẽ	t'ereîepotar umẽ	t'oîepotar umẽ	t'oroîepotar umẽ	t'îaîepotar umẽ	ta peîepotar umẽ
Negative imperative		eîepotar umẽ				peîepotar umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûiîepotá	eîepotá	oîepotá	oroîepotá	îaîepotá	peîepotá
Negative	gûiîepotare'yma	eîepotare'yma	oîepotare'yma	oroîepotare'yma	îaîepotare'yma	peîepotare'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	îepotara
Negative	îepotare'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe îepotari		i îepotari	oré îepotari	îandé îepotari
Negative	xe îepotare'ymi		i îepotare'ymi	oré îepotare'ymi	îandé îepotare'ymi

Derived terms

• moîepotar
• îepotasaba
• îepotasatyba

 

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îepotar”, 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 176, column 2