"'u" meaning in Old Tupi

See 'u in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʔu/ Forms: a'u [active, first-person, indicative, singular], n'a'uî [active, first-person, indicative, negative, singular], 'u [noun]
Rhymes: -u Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔu, from Proto-Tupian *kˀu. Etymology templates: {{etymon|tpw|inh|tup-gua-pro>*ʔu>eat|id=ingest|text=++}} Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔu, from Proto-Tupian *kˀu. Head templates: {{head|tpw|verb|first-person singular active indicative|a'u|first-person singular negative active indicative|n'a'uî|noun|'u|cat2=|cat3=irregular verbs}} 'u (first-person singular active indicative a'u, first-person singular negative active indicative n'a'uî, noun 'u), {{tlb|tpw|transitive|irregular}} (transitive, irregular), {{tpw-verb|vt|irreg=1}} 'u (first-person singular active indicative a'u, first-person singular negative active indicative n'a'uî, noun 'u)
  1. to ingest (to take a substance into the body) Tags: irregular, transitive
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpw",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "tup-gua-pro>*ʔu>eat",
        "id": "ingest",
        "text": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔu, from Proto-Tupian *kˀu.",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔu, from Proto-Tupian *kˀu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a'u",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n'a'uî",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "negative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "'u",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpw",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "first-person singular active indicative",
        "4": "a'u",
        "5": "first-person singular negative active indicative",
        "6": "n'a'uî",
        "7": "noun",
        "8": "'u",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "irregular verbs"
      },
      "expansion": "'u (first-person singular active indicative a'u, first-person singular negative active indicative n'a'uî, noun 'u)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpw",
        "2": "transitive",
        "3": "irregular"
      },
      "expansion": "(transitive, irregular)",
      "name": "tlb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vt",
        "irreg": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "'u (first-person singular active indicative a'u, first-person singular negative active indicative n'a'uî, noun 'u)",
      "name": "tpw-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "'u"
  ],
  "lang": "Old Tupi",
  "lang_code": "tpw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Tupi entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with etymology texts",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Tupi entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonym: karu (“to eat”, intransitive)"
        },
        {
          "english": "I shall eat his brains.",
          "ref": "c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 66; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to ingest (to take a substance into the body)"
      ],
      "id": "en-'u-tpw-verb-YbjPwgEs",
      "links": [
        [
          "ingest",
          "ingest"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "irregular",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔu/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-u"
    }
  ],
  "word": "'u"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpw",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "tup-gua-pro>*ʔu>eat",
        "id": "ingest",
        "text": "++"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔu, from Proto-Tupian *kˀu.",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔu, from Proto-Tupian *kˀu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a'u",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n'a'uî",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "negative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "'u",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpw",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "first-person singular active indicative",
        "4": "a'u",
        "5": "first-person singular negative active indicative",
        "6": "n'a'uî",
        "7": "noun",
        "8": "'u",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "irregular verbs"
      },
      "expansion": "'u (first-person singular active indicative a'u, first-person singular negative active indicative n'a'uî, noun 'u)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpw",
        "2": "transitive",
        "3": "irregular"
      },
      "expansion": "(transitive, irregular)",
      "name": "tlb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vt",
        "irreg": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "'u (first-person singular active indicative a'u, first-person singular negative active indicative n'a'uî, noun 'u)",
      "name": "tpw-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "'u"
  ],
  "lang": "Old Tupi",
  "lang_code": "tpw",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Tupi entries with etymology texts",
        "Old Tupi entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Tupi irregular verbs",
        "Old Tupi lemmas",
        "Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani",
        "Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupian",
        "Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani",
        "Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupian",
        "Old Tupi terms with quotations from the Play of Saint Lawrence",
        "Old Tupi transitive verbs",
        "Old Tupi verbs",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Old Tupi/u",
        "Rhymes:Old Tupi/u/1 syllable"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonym: karu (“to eat”, intransitive)"
        },
        {
          "english": "I shall eat his brains.",
          "ref": "c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 66; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to ingest (to take a substance into the body)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ingest",
          "ingest"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "irregular",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔu/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-u"
    }
  ],
  "word": "'u"
}

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