ukar

Old Tupi

Verb

ukar (first-person singular active indicative aîukar, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîukari, noun ukara) (transitive)

1. to make; to compel
2. to order (to issue a command to)

   Synonym: pûaî

3. to let (to allow to, not to prevent)
4. forms causative verbs from transitive verbs

   Coordinate term: (with intransitive verbs) mo-

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ukar (transitive, R-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Causative-comitative	eroukar
Reflexive	îeukar
Deverbals
-ba'e	oîukaryba'e
emi-	emiukara / miukara
-pyr(a)	i ukarypyra
-sab(a)	ukasaba / ukaraba
-sar(a)	ukasara / ukarara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	aîukar	ereîukar	oîukar	oroîukar	îaîukar	peîukar
Permissive	t'aîukar	t'ereîukar	t'oîukar	t'oroîukar	t'îaîukar	ta peîukar
Imperative		eîukar				peîukar
Negative indicative	n'aîukari	n'ereîukari	n'oîukari	n'oroîukari	n'îaîukari	na peîukari
Negative permissive	t'aîukar umẽ	t'ereîukar umẽ	t'oîukar umẽ	t'oroîukar umẽ	t'îaîukar umẽ	ta peîukar umẽ
Negative imperative		eîukar umẽ				peîukar umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	ukara
Negative	ukare'yma
Gerund
Affirmative	xe uká	nde uká	i uká	oré uká	îandé uká	pe uká
Negative	xe ukare'yma	nde ukare'yma	i ukare'yma	oré ukare'yma	îandé ukare'yma	pe ukare'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe ukari		i ukari	oré ukari	îandé ukari
Negative	xe ukare'ymi		i ukare'ymi	oré ukare'ymi	îandé ukare'ymi

Descendants

• Nheengatu: kari

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ukar”, 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 496, column 2