'ekatu
Old Tupi
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editFrom 'e("to say") + katu("good"/"well")
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edit'ekatu (1st class, first-person singular active indicative a'ekatu, first-person singular negative active indicative na'ekatuî, noun 'ekatu) (intransitive)
- (with gerund) can; to be able to
- 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:
- "T'e'ikatu nde kuapa xe ruba Tupinambá!"
- "May my tupinambá father meet you!"