nhe'engar

== Old Tupi == === Alternative forms === === Verb === nhe'engar (first-person singular active indicative anhe'engar, first-person singular negative active indicative n'anhe'engari, noun nhe'engara) (intransitive) to sing (to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice) Synonym: nhe'engaraíb ==== Usage notes ==== This verb only referred to people. For bird vocalization, the generic nhe'eng was used instead. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Nheengatu: nheengari === References === anonymous author (1622), “Cantar”, 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 66: “Anheẽngar [Anhe'engar]” Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “nhe'engar”, 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 338, column 1