ganani
Nheengatu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Tupi ganã, borrowed from Portuguese enganar (“to deceive”).[1]
Verb
[edit]ganani
- (transitive) to deceive; to trick
- 1898 September 4, José Lourenço da Costa Aguiar, Christu Muhençáua […] (overall work in Nheengatu and Portuguese), Petropolis: Pap. e Typ. Pacheco, Silva & C., page 83:
- Ianê Iara Tupana u-hinhin cunhâ çupé: — Mahá tahá re-munhan iaué? Aé u-çuaxára: — Buia u-ganani ixé; xaúana.
- Our Lord God asked the woman: "Why did you do this?" She answered: "The snake tricked me and I ate it."
- (transitive) to pretend (to make oneself appear to do something)
- (intransitive) to lie [with supé or arama ‘to someone’]
- (intransitive) to lie [with esé or esewara ‘about something’]
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of ganani | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | affirmative | aganani | reganani | uganani | yaganani | peganani | uganani |
| negative | ti aganani | ti reganani | ti uganani | ti yaganani | ti peganani | ti uganani | |
| imperative | affirmative | reganani | yaganani | peganani | |||
| negative | te reganani | te yaganani | te peganani | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “ganani”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal][1] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, , pages 308–309