moporang

Old Tupi

Etymology

Causative of porang, from mo- (causative voice prefix) +‎ porang (“beautiful”).

Verb

moporang (first-person singular active indicative aîmoporang, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîmoporangi, gerund moporanga, noun moporanga) (transitive)

1. to beautify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of moporang (transitive, consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Causative	moporangukar
Reflexive	îemoporang
Deverbals
-ba'e	oîmoporangyba'e
emi-	emimoporanga／mimoporanga
-pyr(a)	i moporangymbyra
-sab(a)	moporangaba
-sar(a)	moporangara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	aîmoporang	ereîmoporang	oîmoporang	oroîmoporang	îaîmoporang	peîmoporang
Permissive	t'aîmoporang	t'ereîmoporang	t'oîmoporang	t'oroîmoporang	t'îaîmoporang	ta peîmoporang
Imperative		eîmoporang				peîmoporang
Negative indicative	n'aîmoporangi	n'ereîmoporangi	n'oîmoporangi	n'oroîmoporangi	n'îaîmoporangi	na peîmoporangi
Negative permissive	t'aîmoporang umẽ	t'ereîmoporang umẽ	t'oîmoporang umẽ	t'oroîmoporang umẽ	t'îaîmoporang umẽ	ta peîmoporang umẽ
Negative imperative		eîmoporang umẽ				peîmoporang umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	moporanga
Negative	moporange'yma
Gerund
Affirmative	xe moporanga	nde moporanga	i moporanga	oré moporanga	îandé moporanga	pe moporanga
Negative	xe moporange'yma	nde moporange'yma	i moporange'yma	oré moporange'yma	îandé moporange'yma	pe moporange'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe moporangi		i moporangi	oré moporangi	îandé moporangi
Negative	xe moporange'ymi		i moporange'ymi	oré moporange'ymi	îandé moporange'ymi

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “moporang”, 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 310, column 2