Citations:'e

Old Tupi citations of 'e

Verb: "to say"

• 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter IIII, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Primeiro da Doctrina Christam (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 23v:

  Marã ey peacê caraîbebe / O ar oana mong-etabo?

  [Marã e'ipe asé, karaibebé o arôana mongetábo?]

  What should people say when talking to their own guardian angel?

• 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Preguntas ſobre o octauo Mandamento” (chapter IX), in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Sexto do Confessionário [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 108:

  8.p. Ereîmõbeûpe abà marã ê agoera, aipô eî racô nde recè, eyâbo, abaçupè nde mbae poeramo, y yamotareimucà?

  [8.p. Ereîmombe'upe abá marã'eagûera, "aîpó e'i rakó nde resé", e'îabo, abá supé nde mba'epûera, i îamotare'ymuká?]

  Did you tell someone's gossip, saying "he told this about you", making people hate your gossip?

Verb: "to enunciate"

• 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter I, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Primeiro da Doctrina Christam (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 18:

  Aipô tecò angaipàba robayara / Nã ey

  [Aîpó tekoangaîpaba robaîara nã e'i.]

  The opposite of those sins are thus enunciated.

Verb: "to conclude (to come to a conclusion)"

• 1622, anonymous author, Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume II (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 16; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

  Amojucapotauĩ cecou reâ aê.

  [Amõ îukapotá ûĩ sekóû a'é.]

  I conclude that he wants to kill someone.

Verb: "to wish; to have the intention to"

• 1555, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter XVI, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, published 1595, page 55v:

  […] aicôcatû taçóne ibácupeyába […] aiur, taxepói naui jaborua […]

  [ […] aîkokatu t'asóne ybakype ûi'îabo […] aîur ta xe poî na ûi'îabo ruã […] ]

  I do well, wishing to go to heaven. […] I come, having no intention to be fed by them.

Verb: "to mean; to signify (to convey a meaning)"

• 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter VI, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Primeiro da Doctrina Christam (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 31v:

  Mará ey pe acê opiape? / Aipo oyâbo ixupe?

  [Marã e'ipe asé o py'ape aîpó o'îabo i xupé?]

  What do people mean in their core saying this to her?

Verb: "to think; to suppose; to assume; to judge

• 1622, anonymous author, Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume II (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 86; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

  Oçoipôrea ae

  ["Osó ipó re'a" a'é]

  He must have gone, I assume

Verb: "syntactic marker for emphasis; do"

• 1555, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter XVI, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, published 1595, page 56:

  […] aêcepiáca […]

  [ […] a'é sepîaka […] ]

  I do see him.