kûatimundé

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Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷatimone. By surface analysis, kûati (coati) +‎ mundé (deadfall trap). Coati bands are composed of only females and young males. When these age, they are driven away from the group and become solitary, being easily caught in traps.[1]

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní kuati monde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kwaˌti.mũˈⁿdɛ/,
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: kûa‧ti‧mu‧ndé

Noun

kûatimundé (unpossessable)

  1. a solitary male coati

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kuatimundé”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 237, column 2