'ok
Old Tupi
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔok, from Proto-Tupian *ʔək.
Verb
edit'ok (first-person singular active indicative aîo'ok, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîo'oki, gerund 'oka, noun 'oka) (transitive)
- to pluck; to pull off (to remove by pulling)
- (broadly) to take off (to remove)
- 1622, anonymous author, “Descalçar ou despir”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 96; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
- Aiooc xeaoba […], [aiooc] Xepîgapaçaba.
- [Aîo'ok xe aoba […], [aîo'ok] xe pyapasaba]
- I took off my clothes. I took off my shoes.
- 1687, João Filipe Bettendorff, “Breve instrução para o Bautismo de hum Indio pagão em caso de suprema necessidade”, in Compendio da Doutrina Christãa Na lingua Portugueza, e Brasilica [Compendium of the Christian Doctrine in the Portuguese and Brasílica Language] (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), page 113; republished as José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo, editor, Lisbon: Offic. de Simão Thaddeo Ferreira, 1800:
- Nhemongaräi´ba y caräiba pupé acẽ nhemoĩaçyca, acẽ ânga oiocei´, oimoiacýc ikyiâ ôca.
- [Nhemongaraíba 'ykaraíba pupé asé nhemoîasyka, asé anga oîoseî, oîmoîasyk i ky'a 'oka.]
- With baptism's holy water the people baptise themselves, wash their souls, wash them to take their filth off.
- to snatch (to grasp quickly)
- 1622, anonymous author, “Caranguejar”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 66; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
- Auçaoc.
- [Ausa'ok]
- I snatch crabs.
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of 'ok (transitive, monosyllabic, consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'ok”, 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 358, column 2
Categories:
- Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupian
- Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupian
- Old Tupi lemmas
- Old Tupi verbs
- Old Tupi transitive verbs
- Old Tupi terms with quotations
- Old Tupi terms with quotations from the Vocabulary in the Brasílica Language
- Old Tupi terms with quotations from the Compendium of the Christian Doctrine in the Portuguese and Brasílica Language