itá

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ita"

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ita, from Proto-Tupian *wɨca.

Cognate with Guaraní ita.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: i‧tá

Noun

itá (unpossessable)

  1. rock; stone
  2. crag
  3. boulder
  4. (Late Tupi) iron
  5. (Late Tupi, broadly) any metal
  6. (Late Tupi) chains; shackles (restraint fit over a human or animal appendage)

Noun

itá (possessable)

  1. stone, when refering to pieces used to make tools
    Kysé xe itá pupé aîmonhang.
    I've made a knife with my stone.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: itá

References

  1. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
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