kûati

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷati.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní kuaxi and Paraguayan Guaraní kuati.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kʷaˈti]
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: kûa‧ti

Noun

kûati (unpossessable)

ring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua)

Related terms

kûatimundé

Descendants

Nheengatu: kwatí
→ Portuguese: quati, coati

References

André Thevet (1575) chapter XII, in La Coſmographie Vniuerſelle d’André Theuet [The Universal Cosmography of André Thevet], volume II (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Guillaume Chaudiere, page 937: “Coaty [Kûati]”
Francisco Soares (1590–1596) “Dos quatis Texugos de portugal”, in De alguãs Cousas mais notaueis do brasil e de alguñs costumes dos Indios [Of some of Brazil's most notable things and some Indian customs] (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Antônio Geraldo da Cunha, compiler, Coisas Notáveis do Brasil (Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa; 6)‎^[1], Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Nacional do Livro, 1966, page 117, line 1132: “quati [kûati]”
Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XLI, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 251: “Couâty [Kûati]”
anonymous author (1622) “Rapoza”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 96: “Coati [Kûati]”
Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) chapter VI, in Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], volume VI (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 228: “Coati [Kûati]”
Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kûati”, 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 237, column 1
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 251