kytyk

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• kutuk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɨˈtɨk/
• Rhymes: -ɨk
• Hyphenation: ky‧tyk

Verb

kytyk (first-person singular active indicative aîkytyk, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîkytyki, noun kytyka) (transitive)

1. to scrub (to rub hard for the purpose of cleaning or brightening)
2. to burnish; to polish
3. to smoothen

   Synonym: mosym

4. to anoint

   Synonyms: mongy, pitub, pixyb

Conjugation

    Conjugation of kytyk (transitive, consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Causative	kytykukar
Causative-comitative	erokytyk
Reflexive	îekytyk
Deverbals
-ba'e	oîkytykyba'e
emi-	emingytyka／mingytyka
-pyr(a)	i kytykypyra
-sab(a)	kytykaba
-sar(a)	kytykara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	aîkytyk	ereîkytyk	oîkytyk	oroîkytyk	îaîkytyk	peîkytyk
Permissive	t'aîkytyk	t'ereîkytyk	t'oîkytyk	t'oroîkytyk	t'îaîkytyk	ta peîkytyk
Imperative		eîkytyk				peîkytyk
Negative indicative	n'aîkytyki	n'ereîkytyki	n'oîkytyki	n'oroîkytyki	n'îaîkytyki	na peîkytyki
Negative permissive	t'aîkytyk umẽ	t'ereîkytyk umẽ	t'oîkytyk umẽ	t'oroîkytyk umẽ	t'îaîkytyk umẽ	ta peîkytyk umẽ
Negative imperative		eîkytyk umẽ				peîkytyk umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	kytyka
Negative	kytyke'yma
Gerund
Affirmative	xe kytyka	nde kytyka	i kytyka	oré kytyka	îandé kytyka	pe kytyka
Negative	xe kytyke'yma	nde kytyke'yma	i kytyke'yma	oré kytyke'yma	îandé kytyke'yma	pe kytyke'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe kytyki		i kytyki	oré kytyki	îandé kytyki
Negative	xe kytyke'ymi		i kytyke'ymi	oré kytyke'ymi	îandé kytyke'ymi

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kytyk”, 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 249, column 1