itaîunema

Old Tupi

Etymology

From itaîuba (“gold”) +‎ nema (“stinking”), literally “stinking gold”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i.ta.juˈnɛ̃.ma], [i.ta.ʒuˈnɛ̃.ma]
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃ma
• Hyphenation: i‧ta‧îu‧ne‧ma

Noun

itaîunema (?)

1. (Late Tupi) copper

   Synonym: itanema

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “itaîunema”, 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