mo'em

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-(ɛ)mɔ.ˈʔɛ̃m/
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃m
• Hyphenation: mo‧'em, e‧mo‧'em

Verb

mo'em (2nd class, first-person singular active indicative xe remo'em, first-person singular negative active indicative na xe remo'emi, noun mo'ema)

1. to lie
   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter IX, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Sexto do Confessionário [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 108:

     Xerèmoem aipo guiyábo ereimãpe nde nheenga recoâbôca? […] Nde remoempe nde nhemõbegoápe nde angaipába moanga?

     ["Xe remo'em aîpó gûi'îabo", eré ymãpe, nde nhe'enga rekoaboka? […] Nde remo'emype nde nhemombegûápe, nde angaîpaba mo'anga?]

     Have you ever said "I lied saying that", modifying your words? […] Did you lie during your confession, concealing your sins?

   • 1999, in Hans Staden movie:

     "Peró endé. Nde remo'em 'Maíra ixé' e'îabo!"

     You are Portuguese. And you lie when you say "I'm French"!

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “(e)mo'ema”, 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 101, column 1