gûasem

• basem, mbasem, ûasem
• basẽ, gûasẽ (São Vicente)

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *w-acẽP, from Proto-Tupian *atẽP.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈsɛ̃m/, [(ɡ)ʷaˈsɛ̃m]
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃m
• Hyphenation: gûa‧sem

gûasem (first-person singular active indicative agûasem, first-person singular negative active indicative nagûasemi, noun gûasema) (intransitive)

1. to arrive by water
2. (with supé) to find; to locate

   Synonym: obaîtĩ

3. to come in groups

Old Tupi had three distinct verbs that translated to arrive, depending on the route taken: gûasem or syk when arriving by land and îepotar when arriving by water. With the evolution of the language and further contact with Portuguese, all three were considered synonyms by the 18th century.

• Nheengatu: wasemu, wasema

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013), “gûasem”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 136, column 1