kûati

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)

ring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua)

Related terms edit

kûatimundé

Descendants edit

Nheengatu: kwatí
→ Portuguese: quati, coati

References edit

^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎^[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
^ 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

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kûati”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 237, column 1

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