itá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ita"

Old Tupi

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní ita.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

itá (unpossessable)

rock; stone
(possessable) stone, when refering to pieces used to make tools
Kysé xe itá pupé aîmonhang.
I've made a knife with my stone.
crag
boulder
iron
(broadly) any metal
chains; shackles (restraint fit over a human or animal appendage)

Derived terms

itaekobé
itaeté
itamembeka
itanema
itaîuba
itaîyka

Descendants

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References

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), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 191–192

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