jabuti

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English

Etymology

From Portuguese jabuti, from Old Tupi îaboti.

Noun

jabuti (plural jabutis)

  1. A Brazilian tortoise, especially the yellow-footed tortoise, Chelonoidis denticulata.
    • 1879, Herbert Huntington Smith, Brazil, the Amazons and the Coast, page 545:
      The deer gave up the race to the jabuti. The deer then offered to have a trial of strength with the jabuti.
    • 1977, Roberta C. Wigder, Brazil Rediscovered, Dorrance Publishing Company:
      Again, the rabbit would try harder, run faster, and pass the jabuti once more, but no matter how hard he tried or how fast he ran, when he came around the corner, again and again the jabuti was in the lead.
    • 1881, Joel Chandler Harris, Nights with Unlcle Remus:
      The Jabuti is identical with Brother Terrapin. The man carried the Jabuti to his house, put him in a box, and went out. By and by the Jabuti began to sing, just as Brother Babbit did. The man's children listened, and the Jabuti stopped.
    • 2006(?), Livia de Almeida, Ana Portella, Brazilian Folktales, Libraries Unlimited (→ISBN):
      The most popular of all is the jabuti (or Yauti, as it is pronounced in the Tupy language). It is a large turtle, much appreciated as food. Short-legged, slow, weak, and silent, the jabuti in the Amazon tradition is like the fox in the European tales.

See also

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi îaboti.

Pronunciation

Noun

jabuti m (plural jabutis, feminine (Brazil) jabota, feminine plural (Brazil) jabotas)

  1. (zoology) either the yellow-footed tortoise (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.) or the red-footed tortoise(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
    Synonyms: jabuti-tinga, jabuti-piranga
  2. (Brazil, by extension) any tortoise (terrestrial turtle)
  3. (Brazil, law, slang) an amendment to a law which is strange to its main subject, as "tortoises do not climb trees" (Brazilian proverb) (it was put onto the tree by someone)

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