mimotara

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings
VLB (1624)	mimotara / mimotâra

Etymology

From mi- (passive deverbalizer prefix) +‎ potar (“to want, to desire”) +‎ -a (nominal suffix), literally “that which someone wants, desires”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mĩ.mɔˈta.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -aɾa
• Hyphenation: mi‧mo‧ta‧ra

Noun

mimotara (possessable, IId class pluriform, absolute mimotara, R1 remimotara, R2 semimotara, R3 o emimotara)

1. desire, will
   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter 10, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], 1 edition, Livro Quarto do Cathecismo, e summa da Doctrina Christam [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 74v:

     Marãpè acè recou T. remimotara mopõragoâma recè T. opitibõmotâ?

     [Marãpe asé rekóû Tupã remimotara moporagûama resé, Tupã o pytybõmotá?]

     How does one behave in order to fulfill God's will, hoping for God's help?

References

• anonymous author (1622) “Dezeio, ou dezeios”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 98: “Mimotâra [Mimotara]”
• anonymous author (1622) “Uontade”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 147: “Mimotara [Mimotara]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “emimotara”, 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 100, column 1