pytang

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• pyxang

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtaŋ.

Cognate with Guaraní pytã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɨˈtãŋ/
• Rhymes: -ãŋ
• Hyphenation: py‧tang

Adjective

pytang (noun form pytanga)

1. pastelly (having a having a light and low-intensity shade)

   Synonym: tingaíb

   ybyrapytanga ― brazilwood (literally, “reddish tree”)

Usage notes

• Pytang didn't refer to a specific color, but to any tint. The most common uses attested are for pink and reddish.

Declension

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

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

Causative	mopytang
Deadjectivals
-ba'e	i pytangyba'e
-sab(a)	pytangaba
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative	xe pytang	nde pytang	i pytang	oré pytang	îandé pytang	pe pytang
Imperative
Permissive	ta xe pytang	ta nde pytang	t'i pytang	t'oré pytang	t'îandé pytang	ta pe pytang
Negative indicative	na xe pytangi	na nde pytangi	n'i pytangi	n'oré pytangi	n'îandé pytangi	na pe pytangi
Negative imperative		nde pytang umẽ				pe pytang umẽ
Negative permissive	ta xe pytang umẽ	ta nde pytang umẽ	t'i pytang umẽ	t'oré pytang umẽ	t'îandé pytang umẽ	ta pe pytang umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	xe pytangamo	nde pytangamo	o pytangamo	oré pytangamo	îandé pytangamo	pe pytangamo
Negative	xe pytange'ymamo	nde pytange'ymamo	o pytange'ymamo	oré pytange'ymamo	îandé pytange'ymamo	pe pytange'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	pytanga
Negative	pytange'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	same as gerund1
	xe pytangi2		i pytangi2	oré pytangi2	îandé pytangi2
Negative	same as gerund1
	xe pytange'ymi2		i pytange'ymi2	oré pytange'ymi2	îandé pytange'ymi2
1South Tupi 2North Tupi

Derived terms

• pytanga

Related terms

• 'ybapytanga
• akarapytanga
• akarapytangîuba
• apŷapytanga
• aîpi'ĩpytanga
• esaapytãpytang
• karapytanga
• opepytanga
• piku'ipytanga
• pirapyxanga
• sygûasupytanga
• sûasupytanga
• tasypytanga
• ybypytanga
• ybyrapytanga
• ysypopytanga

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) “pytanga”, 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, columns 1–2