moroting

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *morotiŋ. By surface analysis, moro- +‎ ting.

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní morotĩ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɔ.ɾɔˈtĩŋ]
• Rhymes: -ĩŋ
• Hyphenation: mo‧ro‧ting

Adjective

moroting (noun form morotinga)

1. white

   Synonym: ting

   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, translated by Armando Cardoso, Doutrina Cristã: Catecismo Brasílico, volume 1, São Paulo: Edições Loyola, published 1992, →ISBN, page 204:

     […] I morotĩngatu nde 'anga […]

     Your soul is too white.

Declension

    Declension of moroting (consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)

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

Causative	momoroting
Deadjectivals
-ba'e	i morotingyba'e
-sab(a)	morotingaba
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative	xe moroting	nde moroting	i moroting	oré moroting	îandé moroting	pe moroting
Imperative
Permissive	ta xe moroting	ta nde moroting	t'i moroting	t'oré moroting	t'îandé moroting	ta pe moroting
Negative indicative	na xe morotingi	na nde morotingi	n'i morotingi	n'oré morotingi	n'îandé morotingi	na pe morotingi
Negative imperative		nde moroting umẽ				pe moroting umẽ
Negative permissive	ta xe moroting umẽ	ta nde moroting umẽ	t'i moroting umẽ	t'oré moroting umẽ	t'îandé moroting umẽ	ta pe moroting umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	xe morotingamo	nde morotingamo	o morotingamo	oré morotingamo	îandé morotingamo	pe morotingamo
Negative	xe morotinge'ymamo	nde morotinge'ymamo	o morotinge'ymamo	oré morotinge'ymamo	îandé morotinge'ymamo	pe morotinge'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	morotinga
Negative	morotinge'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	same as gerund1
	xe morotingi2		i morotingi2	oré morotingi2	îandé morotingi2
Negative	same as gerund1
	xe morotinge'ymi2		i morotinge'ymi2	oré morotinge'ymi2	îandé morotinge'ymi2
1South Tupi 2North Tupi

Derived terms

• momoroting
• morotinga

See also

Colors in Old Tupi (layout · text)
Nouns	piranga	îuba, tagûá (LGA)	oby	obyeté	*umbyka	morotinga, tinga	una, pyxuna (LGA)	tingaíba, pytanga / pyxanga
Adjectives	pirang	îub, tagûá (LGA)			*umbyk	moroting, ting	un, pyxun (LGA)	tingaíb, pytang / pyxang

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “moroting”, 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 313, columns 1–2