sasá

Nheengatu

Etymology

  • Rebracketing of Old Tupi asab, reinterpreting the s- prefix as part of the base term.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /saˈsa/
    • Rhymes: -a
    • Hyphenation: sa‧sá

    Verb

    sasá

    1. (ambitransitive) to pass (to move from one place to another)
    2. (intransitive, of time) to pass; to elapse
    3. (intransitive) to end; to cease
    4. (intransitive) to occur; to happen
      Synonyms: yusasá, yususederi
    5. (intransitive) to be in a certain state or situation
    6. (transitive) to go through; to undergo; to experience
    7. (transitive) to spread; to apply (to rub evenly on a surface)
      Synonym: musasá
    8. (intransitive) to pass; to be approved in a test or subject

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of sasá
    singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative affirmative asasá resasá usasá yasasá pesasá usasá
    negative ti asasá ti resasá ti usasá ti yasasá ti pesasá ti usasá
    imperative affirmative resasá yasasá pesasá
    negative te resasá te yasasá te pesasá

    References

    • Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “sasá”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 682
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