tatupeba

Old Tupi

Etymology

From tatu (“armadillo”) +‎ peb (“flat”) +‎ -a.[1]

Noun

tatupeba (unpossessable)

  1. six-banded armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus)

Descendants
  • → Portuguese: tatupeba

References
  1. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tatupeba”, 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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