-pûer

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

-mbûer (after a nasal phoneme)
-gûer, -ûer (with paroxitones)
-er (after R or N)

Etymology

From pûer.

Suffix

-pûer

forms the past tense of nouns
Antonym: ram

kangûera ― skeleton (literally, “former bones”)

References

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2005) chapter 8, in Método Moderno de Tupi Antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos‎ (in Portuguese), 3 edition, São Paulo: Global Editora, →ISBN, O tempo nominal em tupi, pages 108–110
Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “-pûer”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 426, column 1

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