i

head

i (2nd class, 3rd person singular and plural, 1st class equivalent a'e)

Nheengatu: i

Gûyrá i porang

Aîkutuk


ne

Nérúbamo xerecóu

1555, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter X, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, published 1595, page 41v:


pe

pe (2nd class, 2nd person plural, dative peẽme /peẽmo, 1st class equivalent peẽ)

Coordinate term: (with 1st person object) peîepé

Coordinate term: (with 1st person subject) opo-

(with 2nd or 3rd person subject) objective of peẽ


xe

xe (2nd class, 1st person singular, dative xebe /xebo, 1st class equivalent ixé)

xebe (dative)
xebo (dative)
che (alternative obsolete)

Nheengatu: se

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃe (“I, me”).
Cognates
* Anambé ha
* Apiaká si
* Aurá he
* Chané ‘tʃe
* Emerillon dʒe
* Guaraní che
* Kayabí je
* Urubú-Kaapor he
* Xetá će
* Xingú Asuriní dže


oré

head

oré (1st class, 1st person plural exclusive, dative orébe /orébo)


asé

asé (1st class, 3rd person indefinite, dative asébe /asébo)

M Setápe asé ñemongaraíbi?
D Aáni: ojepéñó osý suí asé séma jabé, akuéia jabé ojepéñó asé ñemongaraíbi.

16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “[Batismo]”, in [Doutrina Cristã]; republished as Armando Cardoso, compiler, Doutrina Cristã: Catecismo brasílico, volume 1, São Paulo: Loyola, 1992, →ISBN, page 202, line 19:

Master: Do the people baptize themselves many times?
Disciple: Not at all: the same way one is born only once from their mother, the same way one baptize themselves only once.

Acè cîramo bè, emonánámoe, / Xe cî acê eû, y xupê.

1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter IV, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Primeiro da Doctrina Christam (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 33v:

[She's] the people's mother too, that's why one says “my mother” to her.

indefinite pronoun, refering to humanity as a whole

Morauçubarecoçape
aceanga erejoçub
Eimoinge pai JEſV
nde membira xepigape

16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter XXVIII, in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], page 28v, lines 29–32; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 66:

Because you have mercy, you visit the people's souls. You make your son Lord Jesus enter in my heart.


ixé

ixé (1st class, 1st person singular, dative ixébe /ixébo, 2nd class equivalent xe)

ixébe (dative)
ixébo (dative)
iche (alternative obsolete)

Nheengatu: ixé (“I, me”)

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *it͡ʃe (“I, me”).
Cognates
* Amondawa ihe
* Kamayurá ije
* Manus Koro jihi
* Tapirapé ie
* Tembé ihe
* Tenharim ihi
* Wayampi ie
* Xingú Asuriní idže

inh+

Ixé oroîuká.


oro-

Ixé oroaûsub.

(with 1st person subject) objective of endé


îandé

head

îandé (1st class, 1st person plural inclusive, dative îandébe /îandébo)


abá

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aβa.
Cognate with Guaraní ava.

Ké abá rekóû anhẽ.

N'opytáî amõ abá maranápe.

There was no one left at the battlefield.


abá

Abápe nde?


endé

endé (1st class, 2nd person singular, dative endébe /endébo, 2nd class equivalent nde)

Nheengatu: indé (“you”)

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *en-e (“you”), from Proto-Tupian *en (“you”).


a'e

head

a'e (1st class, 3rd person singular and plural, dative i xupé, possessive i, reflexive possessive o)

i xupé (dative)
i (possessive)
o (possessive reflexive)

desc

Nheengatu: aé (“he, she, it”), ⇒ aintá (“they”)

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *aʔe (“he”).
Cognate with Guaraní ha’e.


kó

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ko.
Cognate with Guaraní ko.


nde

head

nde (2nd class, 2nd person singular, dative ndebe /ndebo, 1st class equivalent endé)

ndebe (dative)
ndebo (dative)
ne (alternative)

Nheengatu: ne (“you, your”)

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ne (“you”).
Cognate with Guaraní nde.


peẽ

head

peẽ (1st class, 2nd person plural, dative peẽme /peẽmo, 2nd class equivalent pe)

Peẽ pegûapyk.


mba'e

Nheengatu: maã

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *maʔe. The euphemistic use for the penis is a semantic loan from Portuguese membro.
Cognate with Guaraní and Mbyá Guaraní mba'e.

Oipórarâpe mbaéamo aépe oicobone?

1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter IX, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], [https://archive.org/details/catecismo-na-lingoa-brasilica-1618/page/n104/mode/1up Livro Segundo do Cathecismo, e summa da Doctrina Christam […] ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 48:

(affirmative) something; anything [(sometimes) with amõ]

Xepoi ucate yepe
quecebe bae nauj
agoata coarapucui
dererapoana rece.

16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter LXVIII, in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], page 167v, lines 15–18; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 313:

Let you, at last, feed me. I haven't eaten anything since yesterday. I walked the whole day because of your fame.

(negative) nothing; anything [(sometimes) with amõ]


asébo

From asé (“one, people”, indefinite personal pronoun) + -bo (“to”, dative with personal pronouns).


îandébo

[j̃ãˈndɛ.βɔ]

From îandé (“we, us, our”, inclusive first-person plural pronoun) + -bo (“to”, dative with personal pronouns).


orébo

From oré (“we, us, our”, exclusive first-person plural pronoun) + -bo (“to”, dative with personal pronouns).


endébo

From endé (“you”, second-person singular pronoun) + -bo (“to”, dative with personal pronouns).


ixébo

From ixé (“I”, first-person singular pronoun) + -bo (“to”, dative with personal pronouns).


peẽmo

From peẽ (“you”, second-person plural pronoun) + -bo (“to”, dative with personal pronouns).


orébe

From oré (“we, us, our”, exclusive first-person plural pronoun) + -pe (“to”).


îandébe

[j̃ãˈndɛ.βɛ]

From îandé (“we, us, our”, inclusive first-person plural pronoun) + -pe (“to”).


asébe

From asé (“one, people”, indefinite personal pronoun) + -pe (“to”).