aûsub

Old Tupi

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní hayhu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /awˈsuβ̞/
• Rhymes: -uβ
• Hyphenation: aû‧sub

Verb

aûsub (first-person singular active indicative asaûsub, first-person singular negative active indicative n'asaûsubi, noun aûsuba) (transitive)

1. to love

   Synonym: amotar

   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L^ço [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, pages 64–64v, lines 207–211; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, pages 119–120:

     Caraibae ipo
     noico angaipa piribi.
     auye co Temimino
     doguari Tupã reco,
     doçauçubi, nomotibi

     [Karaíba ipó n'oîkoangaîpapyribi. Aûîé kó temiminõ nd'ogûari Tupã rekó, nd'osaûsubi, n'omotybi.]

     The Christians, surely, won't be near sin. Anyway, these temiminó don't accept God's law, they don't love it, they don't respect it.

2. to esteem

   Synonym: amotar

3. to befriend

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aûsub (transitive, pluriform, B-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Causative	aûsubukar
Causative-comitative	eroaûsub
Reflexive	îeaûsub
Deverbals
-ba'e	osaûsuba'e
emi-	emiaûsuba / miaûsuba
-pyr(a)	saûsubypyra
-sab(a)	aûsupaba
-sar(a)	aûsupara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	asaûsub	eresaûsub	osaûsub	orosaûsub	îasaûsub	pesaûsub
Permissive	t'asaûsub	t'eresaûsub	t'osaûsub	t'orosaûsub	t'îasaûsub	ta pesaûsub
Imperative		esaûsub				pesaûsub
Negative indicative	n'asaûsubi	n'eresaûsubi	n'osaûsubi	n'orosaûsubi	n'îasaûsubi	na pesaûsubi
Negative permissive	t'asaûsub umẽ	t'eresaûsub umẽ	t'osaûsub umẽ	t'orosaûsub umẽ	t'îasaûsub umẽ	ta pesaûsub umẽ
Negative imperative		esaûsub umẽ				pesaûsub umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	aûsuba
Negative	aûsube'yma
Gerund
Affirmative	xe raûsupa	nde raûsupa	saûsupa	oré raûsupa	îandé raûsupa	pe raûsupa
Negative	xe raûsube'yma	nde raûsube'yma	saûsube'yma	oré raûsube'yma	îandé raûsube'yma	pe raûsube'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe raûsubi		saûsubi	oré raûsubi	îandé raûsubi
Negative	xe raûsube'ymi		saûsube'ymi	oré raûsube'ymi	îandé raûsube'ymi

Descendants

• Nheengatu: saisú

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “aûsub”, 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 74, column 1