mimby

Mbyá Guaraní

Noun

mimby

flute

Old Tupi

FWOTD – 15 June 2014

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mimɨ.^[1] By surface analysis, emi- (passive deverbalizer prefix) +‎ py (“to flute”).

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní mimby.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mĩˈᵐbɨ]
Rhymes: -ɨ
Hyphenation: mi‧mby

Noun

mimby (possessable, IId class pluriform, absolute mimby, R1 remimby, R2 semimby, R3 o emimby)

flute; whistle
(broadly) any wind instrument

Usage notes

This word is rendered as non-pluriform in some sources.

Related terms

Descendants

Nheengatu: membí

Adjective

mimby (IId class pluriform, R1 remimby, R2 semimby, noun form mimby)

having an wind instrument

Declension

Declension of mimby (IId pluriform, oral vowel ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)

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

Deadjectivals
Causative	momimby
-ba'e	semimbyba'e
-sab(a)	mimbŷaba／mimbysaba
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person exclusive	1^st person inclusive	2^nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative	xe remimby	nde remimby	semimby	oré remimby	îandé remimby	pe remimby
Imperative		nde remimby				pe remimby
Permissive	ta xe remimby	ta nde remimby	ta semimby	t'oré remimby	t'îandé remimby	ta pe remimby
Negative indicative	na xe remimbyî	na nde remimbyî	na semimbyî	n'oré remimbyî	n'îandé remimbyî	na pe remimbyî
Negative imperative		nde remimby umẽ				pe remimby umẽ
Negative permissive	ta xe remimby umẽ	ta nde remimby umẽ	ta semimby umẽ	t'oré remimby umẽ	t'îandé remimby umẽ	ta pe remimby umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	xe remimbyramo	nde remimbyramo	o emimbyramo	oré remimbyramo	îandé remimbyramo	pe remimbyramo
Negative	xe remimbye'ymamo	nde remimbye'ymamo	o emimbye'ymamo	oré remimbye'ymamo	îandé remimbye'ymamo	pe remimbye'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	mimby
Negative	mimbye'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	same as gerund¹
Affirmative	xe remimbyû²		semimbyû²	oré remimbyû²	îandé remimbyû²
Negative	same as gerund¹
Negative	xe remimbye'ymi²		semimbye'ymi²	oré remimbye'ymi²	îandé remimbye'ymi²
¹South Tupi ²North Tupi

Verb

mimby (first-person singular active indicative aîmimby, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîmimbyî, gerund mimbŷabo, noun mimby) (transitive)

to blow; to flute (to blow a musical instrument to make it give a sound)
Synonym: py

Conjugation

Conjugation of mimby (transitive, Y-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Deverbals
Causative	mimbyukar
Causative-comitative	eromimby
Reflexive	îemimby
-ba'e	oîmimbyba'e
-pyr(a)	i mimbypyra
-sab(a)	mimbŷaba／mimbysaba
-sar(a)	mimbŷara／mimbysara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person exclusive	1^st person inclusive	2^nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	aîmimby	ereîmimby	oîmimby	oroîmimby	îaîmimby	peîmimby
Permissive	t'aîmimby	t'ereîmimby	t'oîmimby	t'oroîmimby	t'îaîmimby	ta peîmimby
Imperative		eîmimby				peîmimby
Negative indicative	n'aîmimbyî	n'ereîmimbyî	n'oîmimbyî	n'oroîmimbyî	n'îaîmimbyî	na peîmimbyî
Negative permissive	t'aîmimby umẽ	t'ereîmimby umẽ	t'oîmimby umẽ	t'oroîmimby umẽ	t'îaîmimby umẽ	ta peîmimby umẽ
Negative imperative		eîmimby umẽ				peîmimby umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	mimby
Negative	mimbye'yma
Gerund
Affirmative	xe mimbŷabo	nde mimbŷabo	i mimbŷabo	oré mimbŷabo	îandé mimbŷabo	pe mimbŷabo
Negative	xe mimbye'yma	nde mimbye'yma	i mimbye'yma	oré mimbye'yma	îandé mimbye'yma	pe mimbye'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe mimbyû		i mimbyû	oré mimbyû	îandé mimbyû
Negative	xe mimbye'ymi		i mimbye'ymi	oré mimbye'ymi	îandé mimbye'ymi

References

^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎^[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “(e)mimby”, 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 99, column 1
Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mimby”, 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 280, column 1

[1] Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎^[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC

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