ugûy

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tuwy, from Proto-Mawé-Guaraní *cuy, from Proto-Tupian *jəɯ.^[1]

Cognate with Sateré-Mawé suː, Guaraní tuguy.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uˈɡwɨ/, [uˈɡʷɨ]
Rhymes: -ɨ
Hyphenation: u‧gûy

Noun

ugûy (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute tugûy, R1 rugûy, R2 sugûy)

blood
an instance of menstruation
Synonym: ekoaíba

Usage notes

When referring to menstruation, the word ugûy was only used from the third instance onwards. The first period was called nhemondy'ara and the second îeporero'ypoka.^[2]

Derived terms

Adjective

ugûy (IIa class pluriform, R1 rugûy, R2 sugûy, noun form ugûy)

bleeding (losing blood)
- 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Dança” (chapter LXXIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], page 172v, column 2, lines 77–78; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 323:
  ixi naçugui tiruã / yacui, nicoarinhe
  [i xy na sugûyî tiruã / i aku'i, n'i kûari nhẽ.]
  His mother wasn't bleeding even: she was dry, she wasn't deflowered.
menstruous (currently undergoing menstruation)

Declension

Declension of ugûy (IIa pluriform, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)

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

Deadjectivals
Causative	mougûy
-ba'e	sugûyba'e
-sab(a)	ugûŷaba / ugûysaba
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person exclusive	1^st person inclusive	2^nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative	xe rugûy	nde rugûy	sugûy	oré rugûy	îandé rugûy	pe rugûy
Imperative		nde rugûy				pe rugûy
Permissive	ta xe rugûy	ta nde rugûy	ta sugûy	t'oré rugûy	t'îandé rugûy	ta pe rugûy
Negative indicative	na xe rugûyî	na nde rugûyî	na sugûyî	n'oré rugûyî	n'îandé rugûyî	na pe rugûyî
Negative imperative		nde rugûy umẽ				pe rugûy umẽ
Negative permissive	ta xe rugûy umẽ	ta nde rugûy umẽ	ta sugûy umẽ	t'oré rugûy umẽ	t'îandé rugûy umẽ	ta pe rugûy umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	xe rugûyramo	nde rugûyramo	o ugûyramo	oré rugûyramo	îandé rugûyramo	pe rugûyramo
Negative	xe rugûye'ymamo	nde rugûye'ymamo	o ugûye'ymamo	oré rugûye'ymamo	îandé rugûye'ymamo	pe rugûye'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	ugûy
Negative	ugûye'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	same as gerund¹
Affirmative	xe rugûyû²		sugûyû²	oré rugûyû²	îandé rugûyû²
Negative	same as gerund¹
Negative	xe rugûye'ymi²		sugûye'ymi²	oré rugûye'ymi²	îandé rugûye'ymi²
¹South Tupi ²North Tupi

References

^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570
^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ugûy”, 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 495, column 1

[1] Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB, page 570

[2] Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ugûy”, 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 495, column 1

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