tataûrana

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Old Tupi

Etymology

From atá (“fire”) +‎ un (“black”) +‎ ran (“like”) +‎ -a.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.tawˈɾã.na/
  • Rhymes: -ãna
  • Hyphenation: ta‧taû‧ra‧na

Noun

tataûrana (unpossessable)

  1. moth caterpillar with stinging hair
    • 1999, José de Anchieta, Teatro de Anchieta (play; overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Martins Fontes, page 62:
      Akó xe îubykarûera, tataûrana, tamandûá…!
      That is the one who strangled me, a stinging caterpillar, an anteater…!

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: taturana

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tataûrana”, 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 467, column 1
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