nhemomotar

== Old Tupi == === Alternative forms === nhemomotá, îemomotar, îemomotá === Etymology === From nhe- (reflexive voice prefix) +‎ momotar (“to attract”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɲɛ̃.mɔ̃.mɔˈtaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Hyphenation: nhe‧mo‧mo‧tar === Verb === nhemomotar (first-person singular active indicative anhemomotar, first-person singular negative active indicative n'anhemomotari, noun nhemomotara) (intransitive) to be attracted to, to covet [with esé or ri ‘someone or something’] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Nheengatu: yumutari === Adverb === nhemomotar covetously, with desire, with attraction === References === anonymous author (1622), “Cobiçar”, 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 75: “Anhemomotar” Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “nhemomotar”, 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 343, column 2 Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “îemomotar”, 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 172, columns 1–2