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Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ita, from Proto-Tupian *wɨca.[1]
Cognate with Guaraní ita.
Pronunciation
Noun
itá (unpossessable)
- rock; stone
- crag
- boulder
- (Late Tupi) iron
- (Late Tupi, broadly) any metal
- (Late Tupi) chains; shackles (restraint fit over a human or animal appendage)
Noun
itá (possessable)
- 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
References
- ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB