pytá

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɨˈta/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: py‧tá

Noun

pytá (possessable, Ib class pluriform, absolute mytá)

1. heel (rear part of the foot)

Verb

pytá (first-person singular active indicative apytá, first-person singular negative active indicative n'apytáî, noun pytá) (intransitive)

1. to stay (to remain in a particular place)

   Peroetá ygarusu pupé opytá.

   Many Portuguese stayed inside the ships.

2. to lodge (to stay in a shelter)
3. to stop (to cease moving)
4. to face; to confront [with supé ‘someone’]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pytá (intransitive, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Causative	momytá
Causative-comitative	eropytá
Deverbals
-ba'e	opytaba'e
-sab(a)	pytasaba
-sar(a)	pytasara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	apytá	erepytá	opytá	oropytá	îapytá	pepytá
Permissive	t'apytá	t'erepytá	t'opytá	t'oropytá	t'îapytá	ta pepytá
Imperative		epytá				pepytá
Negative indicative	n'apytáî	n'erepytáî	n'opytáî	n'oropytáî	n'îapytáî	na pepytáî
Negative permissive	t'apytá umẽ	t'erepytá umẽ	t'opytá umẽ	t'oropytá umẽ	t'îapytá umẽ	ta pepytá umẽ
Negative imperative		epytá umẽ				pepytá umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûipytábo	epytábo	opytábo	oropytábo	îapytábo	pepytábo
Negative	gûipytae'yma	epytae'yma	opytae'yma	oropytae'yma	îapytae'yma	pepytae'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	pytá
Negative	pytae'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe pytáû		i pytáû	oré pytáû	îandé pytáû
Negative	xe pytae'ymi		i pytae'ymi	oré pytae'ymi	îandé pytae'ymi

Descendants

• Nheengatu: pitá

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pytá”, 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 420, column 1