me'eng

See also: meeng

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

me'ẽ (São Vicente)

Etymology

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní me'ẽ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mɛˈʔɛ̃ŋ]
Rhymes: -ɛ̃ŋ
Hyphenation: me‧'eng

Verb

me'eng (first-person singular active indicative aîme'eng, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîme'engi, noun me'enga) (transitive)

to give (transfer the possession of something to someone else)
to hand over
(Late Tupi) to sell
Synonym: ma'e'ĩ

Conjugation

Conjugation of me'eng (transitive, consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Deverbals
Causative	me'engukar
Causative-comitative	erome'eng
Reflexive	îeme'eng
-ba'e	oîme'engyba'e
emi-	emime'enga / mime'enga
-pyr(a)	i me'engymbyra
-sab(a)	me'engaba
-sar(a)	me'engara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person exclusive	1^st person inclusive	2^nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	aîme'eng	ereîme'eng	oîme'eng	oroîme'eng	îaîme'eng	peîme'eng
Permissive	t'aîme'eng	t'ereîme'eng	t'oîme'eng	t'oroîme'eng	t'îaîme'eng	ta peîme'eng
Imperative		eîme'eng				peîme'eng
Negative indicative	n'aîme'engi	n'ereîme'engi	n'oîme'engi	n'oroîme'engi	n'îaîme'engi	na peîme'engi
Negative permissive	t'aîme'eng umẽ	t'ereîme'eng umẽ	t'oîme'eng umẽ	t'oroîme'eng umẽ	t'îaîme'eng umẽ	ta peîme'eng umẽ
Negative imperative		eîme'eng umẽ				peîme'eng umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	me'enga
Negative	me'enge'yma
Gerund
Affirmative	xe me'enga	nde me'enga	i me'enga	oré me'enga	îandé me'enga	pe me'enga
Negative	xe me'enge'yma	nde me'enge'yma	i me'enge'yma	oré me'enge'yma	îandé me'enge'yma	pe me'enge'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe me'engi		i me'engi	oré me'engi	îandé me'engi
Negative	xe me'enge'ymi		i me'enge'ymi	oré me'enge'ymi	îandé me'enge'ymi

Related terms

Descendants

Nheengatu: meẽ

References

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “me'eng”, 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 274, columns 1–2