aintá
Nheengatu
Etymology
From aé (third-person singular personal pronoun) + -itá (plural-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aĩ.ˈta]
- Rhymes: -a
Pronoun
aintá
- (first-class, second-class) third-person plural personal pronoun (they, them, their)
- Aintá mira-itá. Aintá usasá puranga.
- They are people. They do well.
- Aintá akanhemu uikú nhaãsé aintá kirá uikú.
- They are scared because they are fat.
- Penhẽ peputari peyuká aintá.
- You want to kill them.
- Penhẽ peputari pepitá aintá irũmu.
- You want to stay with them.
- Penhẽ pemeẽ manungara aintá supé.
- You give something to them.
- Aintá manha uwiké uka pisasú upé.
- Their mother enters the new house.
Usage notes
- As a first-class and second-class pronoun, aintá is used as the subject and as the object of a sentence. The personal pronoun aintá is also used when governed by any postposition with the exception of arama. Unlike other second-class pronouns, aintá is used when governed by the postposition supé. Finally, aintá is used as a possessive pronoun as well.
See also
| singular | first-class pronoun | second-class pronoun |
|---|---|---|
| first-person | ixé | se |
| second-person | indé | ne |
| third-person | aé | i |
| plural | first-class pronoun | second-class pronoun |
| first-person | yandé | yané |
| second-person | penhẽ | pe |
| third-person | aintá (or tá) | aintá (or tá) |
References
- ÁVILA, Marcel Twardowsky (2021) Proposta de dicionário nheengatu–português, pages 223 and 224
- DA CRUZ, Aline (2011) Fonologia e gramática do nheengatu: a língua geral falada pelos povos baré, warekena e baniwa, Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap, →ISBN, page 46
- NAVARRO, Eduardo de Almeida (2016) Curso de língua geral (nheengatu ou tupi moderno): a língua das origens da civilização amazônica, 2nd edition, →ISBN, pages 11 and 103