quatimundéu
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Tupi kûatimundé, from kûati (“coati”) + mundé (“deadfall trap”). By surface analysis, quati + mundéu.
Coati bands are composed of only females and young males – when these age, they are driven away from the group and become solitary. Old, lonely and usually fatter, males are easily caught in traps, hence the name.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kwa.t͡ʃi.mũˈdɛw/ [kwa.t͡ʃi.mũˈdɛʊ̯]
- Rhymes: -ɛw
- Hyphenation: qua‧ti‧mun‧déu
Noun
quatimundéu m (plural quatimundéus or (rare) quatimundéis, feminine (rare) quatimundeia, feminine plural (rare) quatimundeias)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:quatimundéu.
References
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kuatimundé”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 237
Further reading
- “quatimundéu” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “quatimundéu” in Dicionário Online de Português.
- “quatimundéu” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “quatimundéu” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
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