nhemomotar

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• nhemomotá, îemomotar, îemomotá

Etymology

From nhe- (reflexive voice prefix) +‎ momotar (“to attract”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲɛ̃.mɔ̃.mɔˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: nhe‧mo‧mo‧tar

Verb

nhemomotar (first-person singular active indicative anhemomotar, first-person singular negative active indicative n'anhemomotari, noun nhemomotara) (intransitive)

1. to be attracted to, to covet [with esé or ri ‘someone or something’]
   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter 8, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], 1 edition, Livro Sexto do Confessionário [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 107v:

     NDeyoçui nde mbaè recè aba mondarõ nde ipotareîma yâbè teûmê abâ mbaè receéemõdarômo, coipo cecè enhemomôtâ.

     [Nde îosuí nde mba'e resé abá mondarõ nde i potare'yma îabé, teumẽ abá mba'e resé é emondarõmo, koîpó sesé enhemomotá.]

     Just as you would not want anyone to steal your belongings, refrain from stealing someone else's or coveting them.

   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter 10, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], 1 edition, Livro Sexto do Confessionário [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 109:

     MEneîma recé oicobaé abíà, coipo cecè onhemomotaribaè, oyabî eté Túpã nheenga, memetipô mendara momoxiçâra, coipo cecè nhemomotâçâra.

     [Mene'yma resé oîkoba'e abiã koîpó sesé onhemomotaryba'e oîabyeté Tupã nhe'enga, memetipó mendara momoxysara, koîpó sesé nhemomotasara.]

     If the one who has sexual relations with an unmarried woman or is attracted to her transgresses greatly the word of God, how much more so does the one who corrupts a married woman or covets her.

   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter 8, 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 73:

     Oyabi bepé abâ T. nheenga Abà baérecé onhemomotã, anhomĩtemo ĩbaê catûma, oyabo

     [Oîaby bépe abá Tupã nhe'enga, abá mba'e resé onhemomotá, "anhomĩ temõ i mba'ekatu mã" o'îabo?]

     Does man also transgress God's word by coveting someone else's belongings, saying, "oh, if only I could hide their good things"?

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nhemomotar (intransitive, R-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Causative	monhemomotar
Deverbals
-ba'e	onhemomotaryba'e
-sab(a)	nhemomotasaba / nhemomotaraba
-sar(a)	nhemomotasara / nhemomotarara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	anhemomotar	erenhemomotar	onhemomotar	oronhemomotar	îanhemomotar	penhemomotar
Permissive	t'anhemomotar	t'erenhemomotar	t'onhemomotar	t'oronhemomotar	t'îanhemomotar	ta penhemomotar
Imperative		enhemomotar				penhemomotar
Negative indicative	n'anhemomotari	n'erenhemomotari	n'onhemomotari	n'oronhemomotari	n'îanhemomotari	na penhemomotari
Negative permissive	t'anhemomotar umẽ	t'erenhemomotar umẽ	t'onhemomotar umẽ	t'oronhemomotar umẽ	t'îanhemomotar umẽ	ta penhemomotar umẽ
Negative imperative		enhemomotar umẽ				penhemomotar umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûinhemomotá	enhemomotá	onhemomotá	oronhemomotá	îanhemomotá	penhemomotá
Negative	gûinhemomotare'yma	enhemomotare'yma	onhemomotare'yma	oronhemomotare'yma	îanhemomotare'yma	penhemomotare'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	nhemomotara
Negative	nhemomotare'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe nhemomotari		i nhemomotari	oré nhemomotari	îandé nhemomotari
Negative	xe nhemomotare'ymi		i nhemomotare'ymi	oré nhemomotare'ymi	îandé nhemomotare'ymi

Descendants

• Nheengatu: yumutari

Adverb

nhemomotar

1. covetously, with desire, with attraction
   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “[Sextum mandatum]”, in [Doutrina Cristã]; republished as Armando Cardoso, compiler, Doutrina Cristã: Doutrina autógrafa e confessionário, volume 2, São Paulo: Loyola, 1992, →ISBN, page 89, line 12:

     Eremaẽñemomotárpe amó rapopé reséno?

     [Erema'ẽnhemomotarype amõ rapupé reséno?]

     Did you gaze covetously at the pudenda of someone as well?

References

• anonymous author (1622) “Cobiçar”, 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 75: “Anhemomotar”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nhemomotar”, 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 343, column 2
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îemomotar”, 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 172, columns 1–2