-itá

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

  • -etá (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi etá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *eta. Doublet of eté.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈta/
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: -i‧tá

Suffix

-itá

  1. -s; used to form plurals of nouns

Usage notes

The suffix is only used when the plural can't be infered by context; it's not needed if numerals or adverbs of number are present.[3]

References

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (17 March 2000) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 161, line 3
  2. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “-itá”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 340
  3. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2016) Curso de língua geral (nheengatu ou tupi moderno): a língua das origens da civilização amazônica (in Portuguese), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Páginas & Letras, →ISBN, page 19
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