îykûara
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Old Tupi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From îy (“tool”) + kûara (“hole”). Tupians made their axes with a sharp stone tied up to the handle, while steel axe heads are made with a hole where the handle is passed through, rendering the new name.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]îykûara (possessable)
References
[edit]- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îykûara”, 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 204, column 1