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 pass by

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
  • musasá
  • yusasá

References

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