quatimundéu

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• quatimundé, quati-mundéu

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kwa.t͡ʃi.mũˈdɛw/ [kwa.t͡ʃi.mũˈdɛʊ̯]

• Rhymes: -ɛw
• Hyphenation: qua‧ti‧mun‧déu

Noun

quatimundéu m (plural quatimundéus or (rare) quatimundéis, feminine (rare) quatimundeia, feminine plural (rare) quatimundeias)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) a solitary male coati

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:quatimundéu.

Further reading

• “quatimundéu” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “quatimundéu” in Dicionário Online de Português.
• “quatimundéu” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “quatimundéu” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.