epîak

Old Tupi

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní hecha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛˈpjak]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Hyphenation: e‧pîak

Verb

epîak (first-person singular active indicative asepîak, first-person singular negative active indicative n'asepîaki, gerund epîaka, noun epîaka) (transitive)

1. to see

Conjugation

    Conjugation of epîak (transitive, pluriform, consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Causative	epîakukar
Causative-comitative	eroepîak
Reflexive	îepîak
Deverbals
-ba'e	osepîakyba'e
emi-	emiepîaka／miepîaka
-pyr(a)	sepîakypyra
-sab(a)	epîakaba
-sar(a)	epîakara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	asepîak	eresepîak	osepîak	orosepîak	îasepîak	pesepîak
Permissive	t'asepîak	t'eresepîak	t'osepîak	t'orosepîak	t'îasepîak	ta pesepîak
Imperative		esepîak				pesepîak
Negative indicative	n'asepîaki	n'eresepîaki	n'osepîaki	n'orosepîaki	n'îasepîaki	na pesepîaki
Negative permissive	t'asepîak umẽ	t'eresepîak umẽ	t'osepîak umẽ	t'orosepîak umẽ	t'îasepîak umẽ	ta pesepîak umẽ
Negative imperative		esepîak umẽ				pesepîak umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	epîaka
Negative	epîake'yma
Gerund
Affirmative	xe repîaka	nde repîaka	sepîaka	oré repîaka	îandé repîaka	pe repîaka
Negative	xe repîake'yma	nde repîake'yma	sepîake'yma	oré repîake'yma	îandé repîake'yma	pe repîake'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe repîaki		sepîaki	oré repîaki	îandé repîaki
Negative	xe repîake'ymi		sepîake'ymi	oré repîake'ymi	îandé repîake'ymi

Derived terms

• epîaka'ub
• epîakatu
• epîakukar
• epîakĩ

 

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “epîak”, 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 107, columns 1–2