tataeíra

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Old Tupi

Etymology

From tatá (“fire”) +‎ eíra (“bee”),[1] referring to its painful bite.

Noun

tataeíra (unpossessable)

  1. bee of the species Oxytrigona tataira
    Synonym: kabesé

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: tatá-ira
  • Brazilian Portuguese: → tataíra, → abelha-de-fogo (calque)

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tataeíra”, 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 466, column 1
  • Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 294
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