jaguatirica

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jaguatirica

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi *îagûatyryka.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒa.ɡwa.t͡ʃiˈɾi.kɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒa.ɡwa.t͡ʃiˈɾi.ka/

  • Rhymes: -ikɐ
  • Hyphenation: ja‧gua‧ti‧ri‧ca

Noun

jaguatirica f (plural jaguatiricas)(Brazil)

  1. ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
    Synonyms: bracaiá, ocelote, gato-açu, gato-do-mato, gato-do-mato-grande
    • 1893, Emílio Augusto Goeldi, “Carniceiros — CARNIVORA” (chapter IV), in Os mammiferos do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro: Alves & C., page 65:
      Com o nome «Ozelot» designa-se na litteratura estrangeira mais outra especie de Gato grande do Brasil que diz se ser o mesmo que, segundo Natterer, é aqui conhecido pelo nome de «Jacatirica» ou «Jaguatirica», Felis pardalis (Linné) da zoologia systematica.
      By the name «Ozelot» they call, in foreign literature, another species of Brazilian big cat, which is said to be the same as, according to Natterer, what we know here by the name of «Jacatirica» or «Jaguatirica», Felis pardalis (Linné) of systematic zoology.
  2. (obsolete) jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi)
    Synonyms: jaguarundi, gato-mourisco
    • 1875, Benjamin Franklin Ramiz Galvão, editor, Catalogo da Exposição Nacional em 1875, Rio de Janeiro: Carioca, page 337, line 1281:
      Uma dicta, dicto de gato selvagem, conhecido tambem pelo nome de jaguatirica. (Felis Jaguarandi)
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tyryka”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 488, column 1