etama

See also: étama

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *etam

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní etã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛˈtã.ma]
• Rhymes: -ãma
• Hyphenation: e‧ta‧ma

Noun

etama (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute tetama, R1 retama, R2 setama)

1. land; homeland (traditional territory of an ethnic group)

   Synonym: aupaba

   • 1614, Claude d'Abbeville, chapter LVI, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 341v:

     Dè angatouran etè erimahé apouyaue mondoüé cherétan à poupé […]

     [Nde angaturameté erimba'e, apŷaba, morubixaba, kyre'ymbaba mondóbo xe retama pupé […] ]

     You were very benevolent in the past, sending men, chiefs and warriors to my land.

2. dwelling; residence

   Coordinate term: oka

   • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter X, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Quinto do Cathecismo, e summa da Doctrina Christam [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 96:

     Cecobiárõbîrape temireco êtê, coipo menetè peretáme doâra?

     [Sekobîarõmbyrape temirekoeté koîpó meneté pe retãmendûara?]

     Should be replaced the true wife or true husband that are in your dwellings?

3. anthill

   Coordinate term: ysaubẽ

Derived terms

• etãme'engaba

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: etama, tama

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “etama”, 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 122, column 1

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jìjama, positional form of Proto-Bantu *-jìja (“to come”).

Verb

-étama

1. to try

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• -ta