nhe'eng

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jeʔeŋ, from Proto-Tupian *weʔeŋ.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní ñe'ẽ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɲɛˈʔɛ̃ŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛ̃ŋ
  • Hyphenation: nhe‧'eng

Verb

nhe'eng (first-person singular active indicative anhe'eng, first-person singular negative active indicative nanhe'engi, noun nhe'enga) (intransitive)

  1. (with supé) to speak, to talk
    Peró supé oronhe'eng.
    We talked to the Portuguese.
  2. (with supé) to answer
  3. (with supé) to salute
  4. (with esé) to intercede
  5. (about animals) to cry
  6. to buzz

Conjugation
    Conjugation of nhe'eng (intransitive, consonant 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 anhe'eng erenhe'eng onhe'eng oronhe'eng îanhe'eng penhe'eng
Permissive tanhe'eng terenhe'eng tonhe'eng toronhe'eng tîanhe'eng ta penhe'eng
Imperative enhe'eng penhe'eng
Negative indicative nanhe'engi nerenhe'engi nonhe'engi noronhe'engi nîanhe'engi na penhe'engi
Negative permissive tanhe'eng umẽ terenhe'eng umẽ tonhe'eng umẽ toronhe'eng umẽ tîanhe'eng umẽ ta penhe'eng umẽ
Negative imperative enhe'eng umẽ penhe'eng umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative gûinhe'engabo enhe'engabo onhe'engabo oronhe'engabo îanhe'engabo penhe'engabo
Negative gûinhe'enge'yma enhe'enge'yma onhe'enge'yma oronhe'enge'yma îanhe'enge'yma penhe'enge'yma
Causative
Indicative amonhe'eng eremonhe'eng omonhe'eng oromonhe'eng îamonhe'eng pemonhe'eng
Permissive tamonhe'eng teremonhe'eng tomonhe'eng toromonhe'eng tîamonhe'eng ta pemonhe'eng
Imperative emonhe'eng pemonhe'eng
Negative indicative namonhe'engi neremonhe'engi nomonhe'engi noromonhe'engi nîamonhe'engi na pemonhe'engi
Negative permissive tamonhe'eng umẽ teremonhe'eng umẽ tomonhe'eng umẽ toromonhe'eng umẽ tîamonhe'eng umẽ ta pemonhe'eng umẽ
Negative imperative emonhe'eng umẽ pemonhe'eng umẽ
Causative-comitative
Indicative aronhe'eng ereronhe'eng ogieronhe'eng orogieronhe'eng îaronhe'eng peronhe'eng
Permissive taronhe'eng tereronhe'eng togieronhe'eng torogieronhe'eng tîaronhe'eng ta peronhe'eng
Imperative emonhe'eng peronhe'eng
Negative indicative naronhe'engi nereronhe'engi nogieronhe'engi norogieronhe'engi nîaronhe'engi na peronhe'engi
Negative permissive taronhe'eng umẽ tereronhe'eng umẽ togieronhe'eng umẽ torogieronhe'eng umẽ tîaronhe'eng umẽ ta peronhe'eng umẽ
Negative imperative emonhe'eng umẽ peronhe'eng umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative nhe'enga
Negative nhe'enge'yma
Causative-comitative
Affirmative xe reronhe'enga nde reronhe'enga seronhe'enga oré reronhe'enga îandé reronhe'enga pe reronhe'enga
Negative na xe reronhe'engi na nde reronhe'engi na seronhe'engi noré reronhe'engi nîandé reronhe'engi na pe reronhe'engi
Circumstantial
Affirmative xe nhe'engi i nhe'engi oré nhe'engi îandé nhe'engi
Negative xe nhe'enge'ymi i nhe'enge'ymi oré nhe'enge'ymi îandé nhe'enge'ymi

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Nheengatu: nheẽ
  • →? Portuguese: nhenhenhém

Adjective

nhe'eng

  1. speaking

References
  1. Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, archived from the original on 2023-08-19, page 409

Further reading
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