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Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jat͡sɨtata.[1] By surface analysis, îasy (“moon”) + atá (“fire”).[2]
Cognate with Guaraní jasytata.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ja.sɨ.taˈta/,
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: îa‧sy‧ta‧tá
Noun
îasytatá (unpossessable)
- star (luminous celestial body)
- starfish
- Synonyms: îasy, îasytatagûasu
Derived terms
References
- ^ 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
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îasytatá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 163, column 2