# ytá
## Old Tupi
### Alternative forms

Historical spellings :
| Anchieta (1555) | jtâ |
| d'Abbeville (1614) | euta |
| Araújo (1618) | îta |
| VLB (1622) | itâ / igtâ |

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɨˈta]
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: y‧tá

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

ytá (noun form ytá)
* structural, fundamental, cardinal
** 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Do ſinal da Sancta Cruz, & mais oraçoens” (chapter I), in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], 1 edition, Livro Primeiro da Doctrina Christam (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 19v:Quatro teco cátù îta.[Quatro tekokatuytá.]The four cardinal virtues.

##### Declension
#### Noun

ytá (possessable)
* post, foundation, frame (main components that support a machine or any structure)
    Near-synonym: kanga
** 1555, Joseph of Anchieta, chapter IIII, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, published 1595, page 9:ócitâ[okytá]house post, foundation
** 1622, anonymous author, “Leito, pela armação somente”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 20; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:Ynimbebigtâ[Inimbebytá]Bed frame

##### Derived terms

* okytá
* Îuraytaûasu

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ytá (possessable)
* (Late Tupi) loom (weaving frame)
    Synonym: (LGA) pana monhangaba
** 1622, anonymous author, “Tear”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 125; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:Aobigtâ[Aobytá]Clothing loom
** 1622, anonymous author, “Tear”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 125; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:Inĩitâ[Inĩytá]Hammock loom'

### References

* ↑ Joseph of Anchieta (1555) chapter IIII, in Arte de grammatica da lingoa mais vſada na coſta do Braſil (overall work in Portuguese), Coimbra: Antonio de Mariz, published 1595, page 9: “jtâ”
* ↑ Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XXXIV, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 188: “euta”
* ↑ anonymous author (1622) “Armação pollas principaes peças em que se sostenta qualquer cousa ou machina”, 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 41: “Itâ”
* ↑ anonymous author (1622) “Leito, pela armação somente”, 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 20: “Igtâ”
* ↑ anonymous author (1622) “Tear”, 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 125: “Igtâ”

### Further reading

* Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ytá”, 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 534, column 2