tamandûá

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Old Tupi

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tamandûá

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ta.mãˈⁿdʷa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ma‧ndûá

Noun

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tamandûá (unpossessable)

  1. anteater (any mammal in the suborder Vermilingua)
  2. (strictly) giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
    Synonym: tamandûagûasu
    • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 62; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:
      Akó xe îubykarûera, tataûrana, tamandûá, xe îubyk benhẽ potá!!
      That is the one who strangled me, a stinging caterpillar, an anteater, wanting to strangle me again!

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: tamanduá
  • Portuguese: tamanduá

References

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