ka'apîasó

Old Tupi

Kunhã oka'apîasó.

Etymology

By surface analysis, ka'a (“woods”) +‎ -pe (“to”, directional, with movement) +‎ a- (first-person-singular personal-number prefix) +‎ só (“to go”), literally “I go to the woods”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka.ʔa.pjaˈsɔ]
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: ka‧'a‧pîa‧só

Verb

ka'apîasó (first-person singular active indicative aka'apîasó, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aka'apîasóî, noun ka'apîasó) (intransitive)

1. to defecate, to go defecate

   Gûym a'é nhẽ gûika'apîasopotá! ― I left quickly because I wanted to defecate! (literally, “I made a whoosh sound because I wanted to defecate!”)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ka'apîasó (intransitive, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.

Causative	monga'apîasó
Causative-comitative	eroka'apîasó
Deverbals
-ba'e	oka'apîasoba'e
-sab(a)	ka'apîasoaba / ka'apîasosaba
-sar(a)	ka'apîasoara / ka'apîasosara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	aka'apîasó	ereka'apîasó	oka'apîasó	oroka'apîasó	îaka'apîasó	peka'apîasó
Permissive	t'aka'apîasó	t'ereka'apîasó	t'oka'apîasó	t'oroka'apîasó	t'îaka'apîasó	ta peka'apîasó
Imperative		eka'apîasó				peka'apîasó
Negative indicative	n'aka'apîasóî	n'ereka'apîasóî	n'oka'apîasóî	n'oroka'apîasóî	n'îaka'apîasóî	na peka'apîasóî
Negative permissive	t'aka'apîasó umẽ	t'ereka'apîasó umẽ	t'oka'apîasó umẽ	t'oroka'apîasó umẽ	t'îaka'apîasó umẽ	ta peka'apîasó umẽ
Negative imperative		eka'apîasó umẽ				peka'apîasó umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûika'apîasóbo	eka'apîasóbo	oka'apîasóbo	oroka'apîasóbo	îaka'apîasóbo	peka'apîasóbo
Negative	gûika'apîasoe'yma	eka'apîasoe'yma	oka'apîasoe'yma	oroka'apîasoe'yma	îaka'apîasoe'yma	peka'apîasoe'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	ka'apîasó
Negative	ka'apîasoe'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe ka'apîasóû		i ka'apîasóû	oré ka'apîasóû	îandé ka'apîasóû
Negative	xe ka'apîasoe'ymi		i ka'apîasoe'ymi	oré ka'apîasoe'ymi	îandé ka'apîasoe'ymi

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ka'apîasó”, 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 209, column 1