moasy
Old Tupi
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editCausative of asy, from mo- (causative prefix) + asy (“pain”).
Verb
editmoasy (first-person singular active indicative aîmoasy, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîmoasyî, gerund moasŷabo, noun moasy) (transitive)
- to envy
- to resent (to feel resentment over)
- to lament; to bewail
- to regret; to repent (to feel pain for past acts)
- causative of asy
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of moasy (transitive, Y-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
Descendants
edit- ⇒ Brazilian Portuguese: Moacir
References
edit- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “moasy”, 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 286, column 1