itaekobé
التعريفات والمعاني
== Old Tupi ==
=== Etymology ===
From itá (“metal”) + ekobé (“living”), literally “living metal”.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [i.ta.ɛ.kɔˈβɛ]
Rhymes: -ɛ
Hyphenation: i‧ta‧e‧ko‧bé
=== Noun ===
itaekobé (?)
(Late Tupi) mercury (chemical element)
=== Further reading ===
Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (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