'ekatu

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• 'ikatu

Etymology

From 'e("to say") + katu("good"/"well")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛkaˈtu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: 'e‧ka‧tu

Verb

'ekatu (1st class, first-person singular active indicative a'ekatu, first-person singular negative active indicative na'ekatuî, noun 'ekatu) (intransitive)

1. (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!"

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'ikatu / 'ekatu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 181, column 2