itayúa

Nheengatu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ita

Old Tupi itá

Proto-Tupian *wub

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *juβ

Old Tupi îub

Proto-Tupian *-ap

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?

Old Tupi -a

Old Tupi itaîuba

Nheengatu itayúa

Inherited from Old Tupi itaîuba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /itaˈjua/
• Rhymes: -ua
• Hyphenation: i‧ta‧yú‧a

Noun

itayúa (plural itayúa-itá) (archaic)

1. gold

   Synonym: itá-tawá

2. money

   Synonym: dinheru

Related terms

• itayúa-yara

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “itayúa”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 343