gûatá

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡʷaˈta]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: gûa‧tá

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ata.

Verb

gûatá (first-person singular active indicative agûatá, first-person singular negative active indicative n'agûatáî, first-person singular gerund gûigûatábo, noun gûatá) (intransitive)

1. to walk
2. to pass by; to go by
3. to ride; to take; to travel by (to use a given mode of transportation)
4. to stroll (to wander on foot)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gûatá (intransitive, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	agûatá	eregûatá	ogûatá	orogûatá	îagûatá	pegûatá
Permissive	t'agûatá	t'eregûatá	t'ogûatá	t'orogûatá	t'îagûatá	ta pegûatá
Imperative		egûatá				pegûatá
Negative indicative	n'agûatáî	n'eregûatáî	n'ogûatáî	n'orogûatáî	n'îagûatáî	na pegûatáî
Negative permissive	t'agûatá umẽ	t'eregûatá umẽ	t'ogûatá umẽ	t'orogûatá umẽ	t'îagûatá umẽ	ta pegûatá umẽ
Negative imperative		egûatá umẽ				pegûatá umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûigûatábo	egûatábo	ogûatábo	orogûatábo	îagûatábo	pegûatábo
Negative	gûigûatae'yma	egûatae'yma	ogûatae'yma	orogûatae'yma	îagûatae'yma	pegûatae'yma
Causative
Indicative	aîmogûatá	ereîmogûatá	oîmogûatá	oroîmogûatá	îaîmogûatá	peîmogûatá
Permissive	t'aîmogûatá	t'ereîmogûatá	t'oîmogûatá	t'oroîmogûatá	t'îaîmogûatá	ta peîmogûatá
Imperative		eîmogûatá				peîmogûatá
Negative indicative	n'aîmogûatáî	n'ereîmogûatáî	n'oîmogûatáî	n'oroîmogûatáî	n'îaîmogûatáî	na peîmogûatáî
Negative permissive	t'aîmogûatá umẽ	t'ereîmogûatá umẽ	t'oîmogûatá umẽ	t'oroîmogûatá umẽ	t'îaîmogûatá umẽ	ta peîmogûatá umẽ
Negative imperative		eîmogûatá umẽ				peîmogûatá umẽ
Causative-comitative
Indicative	arogûatá	ererogûatá	ogûerogûatá	orogûerogûatá	îarogûatá	perogûatá
Permissive	t'arogûatá	t'ererogûatá	t'ogûerogûatá	t'orogûerogûatá	t'îarogûatá	ta perogûatá
Imperative		emogûatá				perogûatá
Negative indicative	n'arogûatáî	n'ererogûatáî	n'ogûerogûatáî	n'orogûerogûatáî	n'îarogûatáî	na perogûatáî
Negative permissive	t'arogûatá umẽ	t'ererogûatá umẽ	t'ogûerogûatá umẽ	t'orogûerogûatá umẽ	t'îarogûatá umẽ	ta perogûatá umẽ
Negative imperative		emogûatá umẽ				perogûatá umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	gûatá
Negative	gûatae'yma
Causative-comitative
Affirmative	xe rerogûatá	nde rerogûatá	serogûatá	oré rerogûatá	îandé rerogûatá	pe rerogûatá
Negative	na xe rerogûatáî	na nde rerogûatáî	na serogûatáî	n'oré rerogûatáî	n'îandé rerogûatáî	na pe rerogûatáî
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe gûatáû		i gûatáû	oré gûatáû	îandé gûatáû
Negative	xe gûatae'ymi		i gûatae'ymi	oré gûatae'ymi	îandé gûatae'ymi

Derived terms

• guatatenhẽ
• gûatasaba
• ogûataba'e

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: watá

Etymology 2

Apocopic form of gûatar.

Verb

gûatá (first-person singular active indicative agûatá, first-person singular negative active indicative n'agûatáî, first-person singular gerund gûigûatara, noun gûatara) (intransitive)

1. (São Vicente) Alternative form of gûatar

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûatá”, 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 136, column 1