îasytatá
Old Tupi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jat͡sɨtata.[1] By surface analysis, îasy (“moon”) + atá (“fire”).[2]
Cognate with Guaraní jasytata.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]îasytatá (unpossessable)
- star (luminous celestial body)
- starfish
- Synonyms: îasy, îasytatagûasu
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îasytatá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 163, column 2