itamembeka

== Old Tupi == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === From itá (“rock”) +‎ membek (“soft”) +‎ -a. === Noun === itamembeka (?) sea sponge (Late Tupi) lead (chemical element) Synonym: itaîyka ==== Descendants ==== Nheengatu: itá-membeka === References === === Further reading === Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “itamembeka”, 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 193, column 1 Papavero, Nelson; Teixeira, Dante Martins (2014), Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupi zoonymy in the 16th-century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 299