moîub

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Old Tupi

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Etymology

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Causative of îub, from mo- (causative voice prefix) +‎ îub (yellow).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mɔ̃ˈjuβ]
  • Rhymes: -uβ
  • Hyphenation: mo‧îub

Verb

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moîub (first-person singular active indicative aîmoîub, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîmoîubi, gerund moîupa, noun moîuba) (transitive)

  1. to gold; to golden
    • 1622, anonymous author, “Dourar com ouro”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 1 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 106; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
      Aimoiub [] Jtaiubapupe.
      [Aîmoîub [] itaîuba pupé.]
      I goldened it with gold.

Conjugation

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