îate'i

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jateʔi.

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní jate'i.

Noun

îate'i (unpossessable)

1. narrow stingless bee (Tetragonisca angustula)

Related terms

• îata'yba

Descendants

• → Brazilian Portuguese: jataí

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îate'i”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 164, 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 [16th century catalogue of the Brazilian coast's fauna as documented by European authors]”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 295