tamandûá

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See also: tamandua, Tamandua, tamanduá, Tamanduá, and tamanduą

Old Tupi

tamandûá

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ma‧ndûá

Noun

tamandûá (unpossessable)

  1. anteater (any mammal in the suborder Vermilingua)
  2. (strictly) giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
    Synonym: tamandûagûasu
    • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 62; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:
      Akó xe îubykarûera, tataûrana, tamandûá, xe îubyk benhẽ potá!!
      That is the one who strangled me, a stinging caterpillar, an anteater, wanting to strangle me again!

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: tamanduá
  • → Portuguese: tamanduá

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