# apó
## Macanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 阿婆 (aa$^3$ po$^4$).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈpɔ/

### Noun

apó
* elderly Chinese woman of humble background
    Hypernyms: (old woman) véla, chacha
    apó cartâ águ ― old woman carrying water

#### Derived terms

* aporóna

### References

* https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#a

## Old Tupi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈpɔ/
* Rhymes: -ɔ
* Hyphenation: a‧pó

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tapo, from Proto-Tupian *ja(-)po.
Cognate with Guaraní tapo.

#### Noun

apó (possessable, IIe class pluriform, absolute sapó, R1 rapó, R2 sapó)
* root (part of a plant that anchors and supports the plant body)
** 1555, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter II, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, published 1595:[…] çapôréma […][ […] saporema […] ]Blackroot.(literally, “Stinky root.”)

##### Related terms

* Sapopema
* saporema
* sapotaîa

##### Descendants

* Nheengatu: apú

#### Adjective

apó (IIe class pluriform, R1 rapó, R2 sapó, noun form apó)
* rooted (having roots)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tapo.

#### Verb

apó (first-person singular active indicative aîapó, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîapóî, noun apó) (transitive)
* to make (to prepare or cook food)
** 1622, anonymous author, “Papas”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 64; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:Aiapô mingaû.[Aîapó minga'u.]I made porridge.
* to transform; to make into [with -ramo]
    Synonym: monhang
** 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “[Matrimônio]”, in [Doutrina Cristã]; republished as Armando Cardoso, compiler, Doutrina Cristã: Catecismo brasílico, volume 1, São Paulo: Loyola, 1992, →ISBN, page 228, line 31:M[estre:] Emonánamope Tupã jandé rúbypý arukángañé apóu semirekóramo? D[iscipulo:] Emonánamo.[Mestre: Emonãnamope Tupã îandé rubypy arukanga nhẽ apóû semirekóramo? Discípulo: Emonãnamo.]Master: That's why God transformed our first father's rib in his wife? Disciple: That's why.
* to arrange; to organize
    Synonym: mongaturõ

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3

Unknown.

#### Adjective

apó (noun form apó)
* full
** 1622, anonymous author, “Ouelhas do mar”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 60; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:Igapotitinga.[Ygapotitinga.]Seafoam.(literally, “Full water's white stains.”)

##### Descendants

* Nheengatu: apú

### Etymology 4

Unknown.

#### Determiner

apó
* that

#### Pronoun

apó
* that

### References

* ↑ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
* ↑ anonymous author (1622) “Raiz, ou raizes ter, ou lançar”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 95: “Xerapô [Xe rapó]”
* ↑ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
* ↑ anonymous author (1622) “Amanhar, ou concertar”, 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 33: “Ayapô [Aîapó]”
* Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “apó”, 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 50, columns 1–2