Itaîybá

Old Tupi

Etymology

From itá (“stone”) +‎ îybá (“arm”), literally “stone arm”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i.ta.jɨˈβa], [i.ta.ʒɨˈβa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: I‧ta‧îy‧bá

Proper noun

Itaîybá

1. a male given name

Descendants

• Portuguese: Itagibá

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Itaîybá”, 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 192, column 2