itá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ita"

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ita, from Proto-Tupian *wɨca.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní ita.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [iˈta]
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: i‧tá

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

itaekobé
itaeté
itamembeka
itanema
itaîuba
itaîyka

Descendants

Nheengatu: itá

References

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

Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos‎ (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “itá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil‎ (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 191–192

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