membek

Old Tupi

Adjective

membek (noun form membeka)

1. soft (easily giving way under pressure)

   Synonym: pub

   Antonym: atã

2. (figurative) feeble; weak
3. (figurative) coward

   Synonyms: abangab, ekoetee'ym, manem

Declension

    Declension of membek (consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)

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

Causative	momembek
Deadjectivals
-ba'e	i membekyba'e
-sab(a)	membekaba
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Adjectival forms
Active
Indicative	xe membek	nde membek	i membek	oré membek	îandé membek	pe membek
Imperative
Permissive	ta xe membek	ta nde membek	t'i membek	t'oré membek	t'îandé membek	ta pe membek
Negative indicative	na xe membeki	na nde membeki	n'i membeki	n'oré membeki	n'îandé membeki	na pe membeki
Negative imperative		nde membek umẽ				pe membek umẽ
Negative permissive	ta xe membek umẽ	ta nde membek umẽ	t'i membek umẽ	t'oré membek umẽ	t'îandé membek umẽ	ta pe membek umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	xe membekamo	nde membekamo	o membekamo	oré membekamo	îandé membekamo	pe membekamo
Negative	xe membeke'ymamo	nde membeke'ymamo	o membeke'ymamo	oré membeke'ymamo	îandé membeke'ymamo	pe membeke'ymamo
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	membeka
Negative	membeke'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	same as gerund1
	xe membeki2		i membeki2	oré membeki2	îandé membeki2
Negative	same as gerund1
	xe membeke'ymi2		i membeke'ymi2	oré membeke'ymi2	îandé membeke'ymi2
1South Tupi 2North Tupi

Related terms

• itamembeka

Verb

membek (first-person singular active indicative amembek, first-person singular negative active indicative n'amembeki, noun membeka) (intransitive)

1. to soften (to become soft or softer)

   Synonym: nhemoapapub

2. to melt (to become a liquid)
3. (figurative) to chicken out

   Synonym: îemoabangab

Conjugation

    Conjugation of membek (intransitive, consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

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

Causative	momembek
Causative-comitative	eromembek
Deverbals
-ba'e	omembekyba'e
-sab(a)	membekaba
-sar(a)	membekara
	Singular		Singular and Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	amembek	eremembek	omembek	oromembek	îamembek	pemembek
Permissive	t'amembek	t'eremembek	t'omembek	t'oromembek	t'îamembek	ta pemembek
Imperative		emembek				pemembek
Negative indicative	n'amembeki	n'eremembeki	n'omembeki	n'oromembeki	n'îamembeki	na pemembeki
Negative permissive	t'amembek umẽ	t'eremembek umẽ	t'omembek umẽ	t'oromembek umẽ	t'îamembek umẽ	ta pemembek umẽ
Negative imperative		emembek umẽ				pemembek umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûimembeka	emembeka	omembeka	oromembeka	îamembeka	pemembeka
Negative	gûimembeke'yma	emembeke'yma	omembeke'yma	oromembeke'yma	îamembeke'yma	pemembeke'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	membeka
Negative	membeke'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe membeki		i membeki	oré membeki	îandé membeki
Negative	xe membeke'ymi		i membeke'ymi	oré membeke'ymi	îandé membeke'ymi

References

• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “membek”, 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 275, column 1
• Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “membeka”, 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 275, columns 1–2