mongaru

Mbya Guarani

Etymology

Cognate with Old Tupi mongaru. By surface analysis, mo- +‎ karu.

Verb

mongaru

1. to feed

   Synonym: jopoi

2. to care for (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mongaru

singular			plural
1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person inclusive	1st person exclusive	2nd person	3rd person
xee amongaru	ndee eremongaru	ha'e omongaru	nhande nhamongaru	ore oromongaru	peẽ pemongaru	ha'e omongaru

References

• Robert A. Dooley (August 2016), “mongaru”, in Léxico guarani, dialeto mbyá: guarani-português (overall work in Portuguese), Anápolis: SIL Brasil, page 120

Old Tupi

Etymology

Cognate with Mbya Guarani mongaru. By surface analysis, mo- +‎ karu.

Verb

mongaru (first-person singular active indicative aîmongaru, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîmongaruî, noun mongaru) (transitive)

1. to graze (to feed or supply with grass)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mongaru (transitive, U-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Causative	mongaruukar
Reflexive	îemongaru
Deverbals
-ba'e	oîmongaruba'e
emi-	emimongaru / mimongaru
-pyr(a)	i mongarupyra
-sab(a)	mongarûaba / mongarusaba
-sar(a)	mongarûara / mongarusara
	Singular		Singular and Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	aîmongaru	ereîmongaru	oîmongaru	oroîmongaru	îaîmongaru	peîmongaru
Permissive	t'aîmongaru	t'ereîmongaru	t'oîmongaru	t'oroîmongaru	t'îaîmongaru	ta peîmongaru
Imperative		eîmongaru				peîmongaru
Negative indicative	n'aîmongaruî	n'ereîmongaruî	n'oîmongaruî	n'oroîmongaruî	n'îaîmongaruî	na peîmongaruî
Negative permissive	t'aîmongaru umẽ	t'ereîmongaru umẽ	t'oîmongaru umẽ	t'oroîmongaru umẽ	t'îaîmongaru umẽ	ta peîmongaru umẽ
Negative imperative		eîmongaru umẽ				peîmongaru umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	mongaru
Negative	mongarue'yma
Gerund
Affirmative	xe mongarûabo	nde mongarûabo	i mongarûabo	oré mongarûabo	îandé mongarûabo	pe mongarûabo
Negative	xe mongarue'yma	nde mongarue'yma	i mongarue'yma	oré mongarue'yma	îandé mongarue'yma	pe mongarue'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe mongaruû		i mongaruû	oré mongaruû	îandé mongaruû
Negative	xe mongarue'ymi		i mongarue'ymi	oré mongarue'ymi	îandé mongarue'ymi

References

• anonymous author (1622), “Apassentar”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 37: “Aimõgarû [Aîmongaru]”
• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “mongaru”, 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 306, column 1