itaesakanga

Old Tupi

Etymology

From itá (“stone”) +‎ esakanga (“shining, translucent”), literally “shining, translucent stone”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [i.ta.ɛ.saˈkã.ŋa]
• Rhymes: -ãŋa
• Hyphenation: i‧ta‧e‧sa‧ka‧nga

Noun

itaesakanga (?)

1. crystal

Further reading

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