quatimundéu
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Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛw
- Hyphenation: qua‧ti‧mun‧déu
Noun[edit]
quatimundéu m (plural quatimundéus or (rare) quatimundéis, feminine (rare) quatimundeia, feminine plural (rare) quatimundeias)
- (Brazil, colloquial) a solitary male coati
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:quatimundéu.
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
Further reading[edit]
- “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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