mimby

Mbyá Guaraní

Noun

mimby

1. flute

Old Tupi

FWOTD – 15 June 2014

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mimɨ. By surface analysis, emi- (passive deverbalizer prefix) +‎ py (“to flute”).

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní mimby.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mĩˈᵐbɨ]
• Rhymes: -ɨ
• Hyphenation: mi‧mby

Noun

Mimby

mimby (possessable, IId class pluriform, absolute mimby, R1 remimby, R2 semimby, R3 o emimby)

1. flute; whistle
2. (broadly) any wind instrument

Usage notes

• This word is rendered as non-pluriform in some sources.

Related terms

• gûarusueremimby
• mimbyapara
• mimbygûasu
• mimbypuku
• mimbypysara

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: membí

Adjective

mimby (IId class pluriform, R1 remimby, R2 semimby, noun form mimby)

1. having a wind instrument

Declension

    Declension of mimby (IId pluriform, 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	momimby
Deadjectivals
-ba'e	semimbyba'e
-sab(a)	mimbŷaba / mimbysaba
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative	xe remimby	nde remimby	semimby	oré remimby	îandé remimby	pe remimby
Imperative
Permissive	ta xe remimby	ta nde remimby	ta semimby	t'oré remimby	t'îandé remimby	ta pe remimby
Negative indicative	na xe remimbyî	na nde remimbyî	na semimbyî	n'oré remimbyî	n'îandé remimbyî	na pe remimbyî
Negative imperative		nde remimby umẽ				pe remimby umẽ
Negative permissive	ta xe remimby umẽ	ta nde remimby umẽ	ta semimby umẽ	t'oré remimby umẽ	t'îandé remimby umẽ	ta pe remimby umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	xe remimbyramo	nde remimbyramo	o emimbyramo	oré remimbyramo	îandé remimbyramo	pe remimbyramo
Negative	xe remimbye'ymamo	nde remimbye'ymamo	o emimbye'ymamo	oré remimbye'ymamo	îandé remimbye'ymamo	pe remimbye'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	mimby
Negative	mimbye'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	same as gerund1
	xe remimbyû2		semimbyû2	oré remimbyû2	îandé remimbyû2
Negative	same as gerund1
	xe remimbye'ymi2		semimbye'ymi2	oré remimbye'ymi2	îandé remimbye'ymi2
1South Tupi 2North Tupi

Verb

mimby (first-person singular active indicative aîmimby, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîmimbyî, noun mimby) (transitive)

1. to blow; to flute (to blow a musical instrument to make it give a sound)

   Synonym: py

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mimby (transitive, Y-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Causative	mimbyukar
Causative-comitative	eromimby
Reflexive	îemimby
Deverbals
-ba'e	oîmimbyba'e
-pyr(a)	i mimbypyra
-sab(a)	mimbŷaba / mimbysaba
-sar(a)	mimbŷara / mimbysara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	aîmimby	ereîmimby	oîmimby	oroîmimby	îaîmimby	peîmimby
Permissive	t'aîmimby	t'ereîmimby	t'oîmimby	t'oroîmimby	t'îaîmimby	ta peîmimby
Imperative		eîmimby				peîmimby
Negative indicative	n'aîmimbyî	n'ereîmimbyî	n'oîmimbyî	n'oroîmimbyî	n'îaîmimbyî	na peîmimbyî
Negative permissive	t'aîmimby umẽ	t'ereîmimby umẽ	t'oîmimby umẽ	t'oroîmimby umẽ	t'îaîmimby umẽ	ta peîmimby umẽ
Negative imperative		eîmimby umẽ				peîmimby umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	mimby
Negative	mimbye'yma
Gerund
Affirmative	xe mimbŷabo	nde mimbŷabo	i mimbŷabo	oré mimbŷabo	îandé mimbŷabo	pe mimbŷabo
Negative	xe mimbye'yma	nde mimbye'yma	i mimbye'yma	oré mimbye'yma	îandé mimbye'yma	pe mimbye'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe mimbyû		i mimbyû	oré mimbyû	îandé mimbyû
Negative	xe mimbye'ymi		i mimbye'ymi	oré mimbye'ymi	îandé mimbye'ymi

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “(e)mimby”, 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 99, column 1
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mimby”, 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 280, column 1