-ram

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• -nam (after a nasal phoneme)
• -gûam, -ûam (with paroxitones)
• -am (after R or N)

Etymology

From ram.

Suffix

-ram

1. forms the future tense of nouns

   Antonym: -pûer

   • 1686 [1618], Antônio de Araújo, chapter IIII, in Bartolomeu de Leão, editor, Cateciſmo Braſilico da Doutrina Chriſtãa […], 2 edition, Livro 1 […] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Miguel Deslandes, page 23:

     M. Abà çupepcacè yerureo, / Oete maraneima õ ama recê / O anga recocaturama recebe?
     D. Tûpá çupè.

     [M. Abá supépe asé îeruréû, o eté marane'ymûama resé o 'anga rekokaturama resé bé?
     D. Tupã supé.]

     To whom should people pray, for both their bodies' future incorruption and their souls' future well-being? / To God.

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2005) chapter 8, in Método Moderno de Tupi Antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos‎^[1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, São Paulo: Global Editora, →ISBN, O tempo nominal em tupi, pages 108–110
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “-ram”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 426, column 1