kûatimundé
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Old Tupi[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷatimone. By surface analysis, kûati (“coati”) + mundé (“deadfall trap”). Coati bands are composed of only females and young males. When these age, they are driven away from the group and become solitary, being easily caught in traps.[1]
Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní kuati monde.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kûatimundé (unpossessable)
- a solitary male coati
Descendants[edit]
- Nheengatu: kwatí-mundé
- → Portuguese: quatimundéu, quatimundé, quati-mundéu
- → English: coatimundi
References[edit]
- ^ 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, column 2