tamandûá

See also: tamandua, Tamandua, tamanduá, Tamanduá, and tamanduą

Old Tupi

tamandûá

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

• tamandûa'i
• tamandûagûasu
• tamandûapeba
• tamandûapitinga

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: tamanduá
• → Portuguese: tamanduá

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tamandûá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 459, column 2
• Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 257