itaîunema

== Old Tupi == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === From itaîuba (“gold”) + nem (“stinky”) + -a. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [i.ta.juˈnɛ̃.ma], [i.ta.ʒuˈnɛ̃.ma] Rhymes: -ɛ̃ma Hyphenation: i‧ta‧îu‧ne‧ma === Noun === itaîunema (?) (Late Tupi) (dis legomenon) copper === References === anonymous author (1622), “Cobre”, 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 76: “Jtaiunema” Meisterburg, Anton [attributed] (a. 1756), “Cobre [Copper]”, in [Dicionário de Trier] [Dictionary from Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Língua Geral Amazônica), Baixo Xingu; Pará, page 10v, column 1, line 10; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica [Língua Geral Amazônica Dictionary], Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 133: “itajunéma”