pûerab

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• pûeîrab

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní kuera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pwɛˈɾaβ]
• Rhymes: -aβ
• Hyphenation: pûe‧rab

Verb

pûerab (first-person singular active indicative apûerab, first-person singular negative active indicative n'apûerabi, first-person singular gerund gûipûerapa, noun pûeraba) (intransitive)

1. to heal, to recover
2. to convalesce, to regain consciousness (the fainted)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pûerab (intransitive, B-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Causative	momûerab
Causative-comitative	eropûerab
Deverbals
-ba'e	opûeraba'e
-sab(a)	pûerapaba
-sar(a)	pûerapara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	apûerab	erepûerab	opûerab	oropûerab	îapûerab	pepûerab
Permissive	t'apûerab	t'erepûerab	t'opûerab	t'oropûerab	t'îapûerab	ta pepûerab
Imperative		epûerab				pepûerab
Negative indicative	n'apûerabi	n'erepûerabi	n'opûerabi	n'oropûerabi	n'îapûerabi	na pepûerabi
Negative permissive	t'apûerab umẽ	t'erepûerab umẽ	t'opûerab umẽ	t'oropûerab umẽ	t'îapûerab umẽ	ta pepûerab umẽ
Negative imperative		epûerab umẽ				pepûerab umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûipûerapa	epûerapa	opûerapa	oropûerapa	îapûerapa	pepûerapa
Negative	gûipûerabe'yma	epûerabe'yma	opûerabe'yma	oropûerabe'yma	îapûerabe'yma	pepûerabe'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	pûeraba
Negative	pûerabe'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe pûerabi		i pûerabi	oré pûerabi	îandé pûerabi
Negative	xe pûerabe'ymi		i pûerabe'ymi	oré pûerabe'ymi	îandé pûerabe'ymi

Derived terms

• pûeraba'ub
• pûerabaíb

 

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pûerab”, 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 409, column 1