gûatá

See also: guata

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡʷaˈta]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: gûa‧tá

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ata.

Verb

gûatá (first-person singular active indicative agûatá, first-person singular negative active indicative n'agûatáî, noun gûatá) (intransitive)

1. to walk
2. to pass by; to go by
3. to ride; to take; to travel by (to use a given mode of transportation)
4. to stroll (to wander on foot)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gûatá (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	mogûatá
Causative-comitative	erogûatá
Deverbals
-ba'e	ogûataba'e
-sab(a)	gûatasaba
-sar(a)	gûatasara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	agûatá	eregûatá	ogûatá	orogûatá	îagûatá	pegûatá
Permissive	t'agûatá	t'eregûatá	t'ogûatá	t'orogûatá	t'îagûatá	ta pegûatá
Imperative		egûatá				pegûatá
Negative indicative	n'agûatáî	n'eregûatáî	n'ogûatáî	n'orogûatáî	n'îagûatáî	na pegûatáî
Negative permissive	t'agûatá umẽ	t'eregûatá umẽ	t'ogûatá umẽ	t'orogûatá umẽ	t'îagûatá umẽ	ta pegûatá umẽ
Negative imperative		egûatá umẽ				pegûatá umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûigûatábo	egûatábo	ogûatábo	orogûatábo	îagûatábo	pegûatábo
Negative	gûigûatae'yma	egûatae'yma	ogûatae'yma	orogûatae'yma	îagûatae'yma	pegûatae'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	gûatá
Negative	gûatae'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe gûatáû		i gûatáû	oré gûatáû	îandé gûatáû
Negative	xe gûatae'ymi		i gûatae'ymi	oré gûatae'ymi	îandé gûatae'ymi

Derived terms

• guatatenhẽ
• gûatasaba
• ogûataba'e

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: watá

Etymology 2

Apocopic form of gûatar.

Verb

gûatá (first-person singular active indicative agûatá, first-person singular negative active indicative n'agûatáî, noun gûatara) (intransitive)

1. (São Vicente) Alternative form of gûatar

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûatá”, 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 136, column 1