etá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eta"

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eta (“too”). Doublet of eté.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní heta, -ete.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛˈta/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: e‧tá

Noun

etá (IIa class pluriform, absolute tetá, R1 retá, R2 setá) (possessable)

  1. many; multitude (large number of people or things)
  2. crowd

Adjective

etá (IIa class pluriform, R1 retá, R2 setá)

  1. many; numerous

Determiner

etá

  1. many

Verb

etá (2nd class)

  1. to be numerous
  2. to have many

Adverb

etá

  1. many times
  2. too; overly
  3. (rare) -s; used to form plurals of nouns
    Emonãnamope asé îeruréû santosetá supé?
    So we pray to the saints?

Descendants
  • Nheengatu: -itá (“plural marker”)

References
  1. Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000-03-17), “Capítulo III - Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos”, in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, archived from the original on 2023-09-05, page 161
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