îasytatá

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jat͡sɨtata.[1] By surface analysis, îasy (“moon”) +‎ atá (“fire”).[2]

Cognate with Guaraní jasytata.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ja.sɨ.taˈta/, [ʝa.sɨ.taˈta]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: îa‧sy‧ta‧tá

Noun

îasytatá (unpossessable)

  1. star (luminous celestial body)
  2. starfish
    Synonyms: îasy, îasytatagûasu

Derived terms

References
  1. Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
  2. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îasytatá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 163, column 2
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