itaaoba

Old Tupi

Etymology

From itá (“metal”) +‎ aoba (“clothes”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [iˌta.aˈɔ.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -ɔβa
  • Hyphenation: i‧tá‧a‧o‧ba

Noun

itaaoba (possessable)

  1. (Late Tupi, hapax legomenon) body armor
    Coordinate terms: amynyîuaoba, amynyîuaopoanama

Derived terms

  • *itaaob
  • itaaoba monhangara

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “itaaoba”, 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 1
  • anonymous author (1622) “Armas brancas deffenciuas”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 41: “Itaaoba.”
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