potyrõ

Old Tupi

Verb

potyrõ (first-person singular active indicative apotyrõ, first-person singular negative active indicative n'apotyrõî, first-person singular gerund gûipotyrõmo, noun potyrõ) (intransitive)

to work together; to collaborate

Conjugation

Conjugation of potyrõ (intransitive, nasal vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Deverbals
Causative	mopotyrõ
Causative-comitative	eropotyrõ
-ba'e	opotyrõba'e
-sab(a)	potyrõsaba
-sar(a)	potyrõana／potyrõsara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person exclusive	1^st person inclusive	2^nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	apotyrõ	erepotyrõ	opotyrõ	oropotyrõ	îapotyrõ	pepotyrõ
Permissive	t'apotyrõ	t'erepotyrõ	t'opotyrõ	t'oropotyrõ	t'îapotyrõ	ta pepotyrõ
Imperative		epotyrõ				pepotyrõ
Negative indicative	n'apotyrõî	n'erepotyrõî	n'opotyrõî	n'oropotyrõî	n'îapotyrõî	na pepotyrõî
Negative permissive	t'apotyrõ umẽ	t'erepotyrõ umẽ	t'opotyrõ umẽ	t'oropotyrõ umẽ	t'îapotyrõ umẽ	ta pepotyrõ umẽ
Negative imperative		epotyrõ umẽ				pepotyrõ umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûipotyrõmo	epotyrõmo	opotyrõmo	oropotyrõmo	îapotyrõmo	pepotyrõmo
Negative	gûipotyrõe'yma	epotyrõe'yma	opotyrõe'yma	oropotyrõe'yma	îapotyrõe'yma	pepotyrõe'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	potyrõ
Negative	potyrõe'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe potyrõû		i potyrõû	oré potyrõû	îandé potyrõû
Negative	xe potyrõe'ymi		i potyrõe'ymi	oré potyrõe'ymi	îandé potyrõe'ymi

Descendants

Nheengatu: putirũ
→ Brazilian Portuguese: mutirão

References

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “potyrõ”, 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 405, column 2