îykûara

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings 
VLB (1622) gigcoara

Etymology

From îy (“tool”) +‎ kûara (“hole”). Tupians made their axes with a sharp stone tied up to the handle, while steel axe heads are made with a hole where the handle is passed through.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɨˈkwa.ɾa/
  • Rhymes: -aɾa
  • Hyphenation: îy‧kûa‧ra

Noun

îykûara (possessable)

  1. (hapax legomenon) steel axe
    Synonyms: îynambikûara, îynambikûasama
    Hypernym: îy

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “îykûara”, 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 204, column 1
  • anonymous author (1622), “Machado [Axe]”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 27: “Gigcoara”
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