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Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtawari.
Noun
pitaûã (unpossessable)
- The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
- great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- lesser kiskadee (Philohydor lictor)
- boat-billed flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
Descendants
References
- Gabriel Soares de Sousa (1587) chapter LXXXIV, in Noticia do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), Salvador; republished as Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, editor, Tratado descriptivo do Brazil em 1587, Rio de Janeiro: Laemmert, 1851, page 231: “Pitaoão [Pitaûã]”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pitaûá”, 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 389, column 1