tatu-verdadeiro

Portuguese

Etymology

Calque of Old Tupi tatueté (literally “true armadillo”). Doublet of tatuetê.[1]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /taˈtu veʁ.daˈde(j).ɾu/ [taˈtu veɦ.daˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /taˈtu veɾ.daˈde(j).ɾu/ [taˈtu veɾ.daˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /taˈtu veʁ.daˈde(j).ɾu/ [taˈtu veʁ.daˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /taˈtu veɻ.daˈde(j).ɾo/ [taˈtu veɻ.daˈde(ɪ̯).ɾo]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /taˈtu vɨɾ.dɐˈdɐj.ɾu/ [taˈtu vɨɾ.ðɐˈðɐj.ɾu]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /taˈtu bɨɾ.dɐˈdej.ɾu/ [taˈtu βɨɾ.ðɐˈðej.ɾu]
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /taˈtu vɨɾ.dɐˈdej.ɾu/ [taˈtu vɨɾ.ðɐˈðej.ɾu]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /taˈtu vɨɾ.dɐˈde.ɾu/ [taˈtu vɨɾ.ðɐˈðe.ɾu]

Noun

tatu-verdadeiro m (plural tatus-verdadeiros)

  1. nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus, a common species of armadillo)
    Synonyms: tatu-galinha, tatu-de-folha, tatu-veado, tatuetê

References
  1. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tatueté”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 468, column 1
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