itaekobé

From itá (“metal”) +‎ ekobé (“living”), literally “living metal”.

• IPA^(key): [i.ta.ɛ.kɔˈβɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: i‧ta‧e‧ko‧bé

itaekobé (?)

1. (Late Tupi) mercury (chemical element)

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