kuî

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kui"

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kuy (“fall”, [object]).

Cognate with Kamayurá kuj, Mbyá Guaraní kui, Sirionó and Tapirapé koj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkuj]
• Rhymes: -uj
• Hyphenation: kuî

Verb

kuî (first-person singular active indicative akuî, first-person singular negative active indicative n'akuî, first-person singular gerund gûikuîa, noun kuîa) (intransitive)

1. to fall off (to become detached or to drop from)
2. to be born

   Synonym: 'ar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of kuî (intransitive, Î-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Causative	monguî
Causative-comitative	erokuî
Deverbals
-ba'e	okuîba'e
-sab(a)	kuîtaba
-sar(a)	kuîtara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	akuî	erekuî	okuî	orokuî	îakuî	pekuî
Permissive	t'akuî	t'erekuî	t'okuî	t'orokuî	t'îakuî	ta pekuî
Imperative		ekuî				pekuî
Negative indicative	n'akuî	n'erekuî	n'okuî	n'orokuî	n'îakuî	na pekuî
Negative permissive	t'akuî umẽ	t'erekuî umẽ	t'okuî umẽ	t'orokuî umẽ	t'îakuî umẽ	ta pekuî umẽ
Negative imperative		ekuî umẽ				pekuî umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûikuîa	ekuîa	okuîa	orokuîa	îakuîa	pekuîa
Negative	gûikuîe'yma	ekuîe'yma	okuîe'yma	orokuîe'yma	îakuîe'yma	pekuîe'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	kuîa
Negative	kuîe'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe kuî		i kuî	oré kuî	îandé kuî
Negative	xe kuîe'ymi		i kuîe'ymi	oré kuîe'ymi	îandé kuîe'ymi

Derived terms

• kuîa

Descendants

• ⇒ Portuguese: ir para a cucuia

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kuî”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 239, column 2