mupuranga

Nheengatu

Yepé mupurangasawa

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Tupian *mo-

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mo-

Old Tupi mo-

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *poraŋ

Old Tupi porang

Old Tupi moporang

Proto-Tupian *-ap

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?

Old Tupi -a

Old Tupi moporanga

Nheengatu mupuranga

Inherited from Old Tupi moporanga. By surface analysis, mu- (causative prefix) +‎ puranga (“beautiful, good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mu.pu.ˈɾã.ɡa]

• Hyphenation: mu‧pu‧ran‧ga
• Rhymes: -ãɡa

Verb

mupuranga

1. (transitive) to beautify (make beautiful)

   Maria umupuranga i mimbira.

   Maria beautifies her son.

   • 2017, Rodrigo Godinho Trevisan, Tradução comentada da obra Le Petit Prince, de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, do francês ao nheengatu, page 157:

     — Yepé maã umupuranga tetama mira-íma — unheẽ muruxawamirĩ: aé uyumimi-kwáu yepé ií-kwara mayewa tendawa upé-ntu.

     — One thing makes the desert beautiful — says the little prince: it can hide a well somewhere.

2. (transitive) to adorn, to decorate

   Akayú pisasú usika ana. Ixé amupuranga se ruka mupurangasawa-itá irũmu!

   The new year has arrived. I decorate my house with ornaments!

3. (transitive) to improve (make better)

Conjugation

singular	conjugation
first-person (ixé)	amupuranga
second-person (indé)	remupuranga
third-person (aé)	umupuranga
plural	conjugation
first-person (yandé)	yamupuranga
second-person (penhẽ)	pemupuranga
third-person (aintá or tá)	umupuranga

Alternative forms

• mpuranga
• umpuranga

Derived terms

• mupurangasara
• mupurangasawa
• yumupuranga

References

• AVILA, Marcel Twardowsky (2021) Proposta de dicionário nheengatu–português, page 529
• NAVARRO, Eduardo de Almeida (2016) Curso de língua geral (nheengatu ou tupi moderno): a língua das origens da civilização amazônica, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 106
• STRADELLI, Ermanno (2014) Vocabulário português–nheengatu, nheengatu–português, →ISBN, page 211