-sab

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• -ab, -b, -á, -ndab

Etymology

From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ, from Proto-Tupian *-ap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaβ]
• Rhymes: -aβ
• Hyphenation: sab

Suffix

-sab

2. froms nouns from verbs, indicating, generally, a means of action of that verb
   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “[Pitangi porangeté]” (chapter L), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ], page 97, column 1, lines 6–9; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesisas, São Paulo, 1956, page 184:

     Ejori teremondo
     Xeçuj teco angaipaba
     co xeanga deruçaba
     derupabamo toico.

     [Eîori t'eremondó / Xe suí tekoangaîpaba / kó xe 'anga nde rusaba / nde rupabamo t'oîkó.]

     Come to shoo the sin from me. Here's my soul, place of your arrival, it shall be your bed.

3. forms nouns from verbs, denoting the act of doing something; -ing

   Synonym: -a

4. (Late Tupi) forms abstract nouns from verbs and adjectives

   Synonym: -a

   ‎nhemoŷrõ (“to become angry”) + ‎-sab + ‎-a → ‎nhemoŷrõndaba (“wrath”)

Usage notes

• Sense 1 can be translated in various ways and its precise meaning can only be infered by context.

Derived terms

Old Tupi terms suffixed with -sab

Descendants

• Nheengatu: -sawa

References

• Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, pages 279–286
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2005) chapter 20, in Método Moderno de Tupi Antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos [Modern method of Old Tupi: the language of Brazil's early centuries]‎^[1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, São Paulo: Global Editora, →ISBN, Os nomes derivados com -(S)AB(A), pages 278–283
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “-sab(a)”, 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 435, column 1