gûatapy
Old Tupi
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editgûatapy (?)
- a very large sea snail, a univalve gastropod mollusk with a large opening
- the shell of a very large sea snail, commonly referred to as a conch
- jewelry made from the shells of this sea snail
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edit- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûatapy”, 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 136, column 2