kûati

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Old Tupi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷati.[1][2]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní kuaxi and Paraguayan Guaraní kuati.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kwaˈti/, [kʷaˈti]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: kûa‧ti

Noun[edit]

kûati (unpossessable)

  1. ring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua)

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Nheengatu: kwatí
  • → Portuguese: quati, coati

References[edit]

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
  2. ^ Miriam Lemle (1971) “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29)‎[2], volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma

Further reading[edit]

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