ãîa

• ãnha

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tãj, from Proto-Tupian *jãj.^[1]

Cognate with Guaraní tãi.

• IPA^(key): [ãˈja]
• Rhymes: -ãja
• Hyphenation: ã‧îa

ãîa (possessable, IIa class pluriform, absolute tãîa, R1 rãîa, R2 sãîa)

1. tooth (hard structure present in the mouth of many animals)
2. tooth (sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement)

• Nheengatu: anha

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ãîa”, 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 15, column 2