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itá

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Old Tupi

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Etymology

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

Cognate with Guaraní ita.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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itá (unpossessable)

  1. rock; stone
  2. crag
  3. boulder
  4. (Late Tupi) iron
  5. (Late Tupi, broadly) any metal
  6. (Late Tupi) chains; shackles (restraint fit over a human or animal appendage)

Noun

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itá (possessable)

  1. stone, when refering to pieces used to make tools
    Kysé xe itá pupé aîmonhang.I've made a knife with my stone.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: itá

References

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  1. ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo[1] (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB