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Paraguayan Guaraní
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷati.[1][2]
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní kuaxi and Old Tupi kûati.
Noun
kuati
- ring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua)
Descendants
References
- ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
- ^ Miriam Lemle (1971) “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29), volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma