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
    • 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
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