îemoún

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• nhemoún

Etymology

From îe- (reflexive voice prefix) +‎ moún (“to dye black, to blacken, to darken”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [j̃ɛ̃.mɔ̃ˈũn]
• Rhymes: -ũn
• Hyphenation: îe‧mo‧ún

Verb

îemoún (first-person singular active indicative aîemoún, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîemoúni, first-person singular gerund gûiîemoúna, noun îemoúna) (intransitive)

1. to paint oneself black, to turn black, to darken oneself
   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, pages 8, 10; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:

     Moraçeyae ycatu
     yeguaca, yemopirãga
     çamõgi, yetimãguanga,
     yemouna, petimbu,
     caraimonha monhanga.
     Yemoirõ, morapiti,
     you, tapuija rara,
     aguaça, moropotara
     manhana, çiguaragi
     naipotari aba çejara.

     [Moraseîa é i katu,
     îegûaka, îemopiranga,
     samongy, îetymãgûanga,
     îemoúna, petymbu,
     karaimonhãmonhanga...
     Îemoŷrõ, morapiti,
     îo'u, tapuîa rara,
     agûasá, moropotara,
     manhana, sygûaraîy
     — n'aîpotari abá seîara.]

     The dance is what's good,
     adorning oneself, painting oneself red,
     smearing feathers, dyeing one's legs with urucu,
     painting oneself black, smoking,
     making spells...
     Getting enraged, slaughtering people,
     eating one another, capturing Tapuia,
     fornication, sensual desire,
     pimping, prostitution
     — I don't want anyone to stop these.

2. to dye oneself with genipap (in a ritual)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of îemoún (intransitive, Î-starting, consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Causative	moîemoún
Deverbals
-ba'e	oîemounyba'e
-sab(a)	îemoundaba
-sar(a)	îemoundara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	aîemoún	ereîemoún	oîemoún	oroîemoún	îaîemoún	peîemoún
Permissive	t'aîemoún	t'ereîemoún	t'oîemoún	t'oroîemoún	t'îaîemoún	ta peîemoún
Imperative		eîemoún				peîemoún
Negative indicative	n'aîemoúni	n'ereîemoúni	n'oîemoúni	n'oroîemoúni	n'îaîemoúni	na peîemoúni
Negative permissive	t'aîemoún umẽ	t'ereîemoún umẽ	t'oîemoún umẽ	t'oroîemoún umẽ	t'îaîemoún umẽ	ta peîemoún umẽ
Negative imperative		eîemoún umẽ				peîemoún umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûiîemoúna	eîemoúna	oîemoúna	oroîemoúna	îaîemoúna	peîemoúna
Negative	gûiîemoune'yma	eîemoune'yma	oîemoune'yma	oroîemoune'yma	îaîemoune'yma	peîemoune'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	îemoúna
Negative	îemoune'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe îemoúni		i îemoúni	oré îemoúni	îandé îemoúni
Negative	xe îemoune'ymi		i îemoune'ymi	oré îemoune'ymi	îandé îemoune'ymi

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îemoún”, 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 173, column 2