karasy

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈsɨ/
• Rhymes: -ɨ
• Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧sy

Noun

karasy (possessable)

1. malaria
2. ague

Adjective

karasy (noun form karasy)

1. agued (afflicted with ague, malaria)

Declension

    Declension of karasy (oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)

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

Causative	mongarasy
Deadjectivals
-ba'e	i karasyba'e
-sab(a)	karasŷaba / karasysaba
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative	xe karasy	nde karasy	i karasy	oré karasy	îandé karasy	pe karasy
Imperative
Permissive	ta xe karasy	ta nde karasy	t'i karasy	t'oré karasy	t'îandé karasy	ta pe karasy
Negative indicative	na xe karasyî	na nde karasyî	n'i karasyî	n'oré karasyî	n'îandé karasyî	na pe karasyî
Negative imperative		nde karasy umẽ				pe karasy umẽ
Negative permissive	ta xe karasy umẽ	ta nde karasy umẽ	t'i karasy umẽ	t'oré karasy umẽ	t'îandé karasy umẽ	ta pe karasy umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	xe karasyramo	nde karasyramo	o karasyramo	oré karasyramo	îandé karasyramo	pe karasyramo
Negative	xe karasye'ymamo	nde karasye'ymamo	o karasye'ymamo	oré karasye'ymamo	îandé karasye'ymamo	pe karasye'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	karasy
Negative	karasye'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	same as gerund1
	xe karasyû2		i karasyû2	oré karasyû2	îandé karasyû2
Negative	same as gerund1
	xe karasye'ymi2		i karasye'ymi2	oré karasye'ymi2	îandé karasye'ymi2
1South Tupi 2North Tupi

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “karasy”, 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 222, column 1