tatuetê

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi tatueté (“true armadillo”). Doublet of tatu-verdadeiro.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.tu.eˈte/ [ta.tʊ.eˈte], (faster pronunciation) /ta.tweˈte/

  • Rhymes: -e
  • Hyphenation: ta‧tu‧e‧tê

Noun

tatuetê m (plural tatuetês)

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

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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