atã
Old Tupi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-aˈtã/
Adjective
atã
- hard, firm
- taut, straight
- strong
- arduous.
Usage notes
- The stem atã could never be used inside a sentence without a prefix. The infinitives were satã (“a thing being hard”) and tatã (“a person being hard”); the form -ratã would be used in combination with words ending in a stressed vowel; and the form -atã would be used in combination with other words.
References
- LEMOS BARBOSA, A. Curso de Tupi antigo. Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, 1956.