porang

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *poraŋ (“beautiful”).

Cognate with Guaraní porã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.ˈɾãŋ/
• Rhymes: -ãŋ
• Hyphenation: po‧rang

Adjective

porang (noun form poranga)

1. beautiful

   Kunhã i porang.

   The woman is beautiful.

2. lucky; fortunate

Declension

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

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

Causative	moporang
Deadjectivals
-ba'e	i porangyba'e
-sab(a)	porangaba
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative	xe porang	nde porang	i porang	oré porang	îandé porang	pe porang
Imperative
Permissive	ta xe porang	ta nde porang	t'i porang	t'oré porang	t'îandé porang	ta pe porang
Negative indicative	na xe porangi	na nde porangi	n'i porangi	n'oré porangi	n'îandé porangi	na pe porangi
Negative imperative		nde porang umẽ				pe porang umẽ
Negative permissive	ta xe porang umẽ	ta nde porang umẽ	t'i porang umẽ	t'oré porang umẽ	t'îandé porang umẽ	ta pe porang umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	xe porangamo	nde porangamo	o porangamo	oré porangamo	îandé porangamo	pe porangamo
Negative	xe porange'ymamo	nde porange'ymamo	o porange'ymamo	oré porange'ymamo	îandé porange'ymamo	pe porange'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	poranga
Negative	porange'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	same as gerund1
	xe porangi2		i porangi2	oré porangi2	îandé porangi2
Negative	same as gerund1
	xe porange'ymi2		i porange'ymi2	oré porange'ymi2	îandé porange'ymi2
1South Tupi 2North Tupi

Derived terms

• mytũporanga
• poranga
• îemomorang

Adverb

porang

1. beautifully
2. well

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “porang”, 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, pages 396–397