kûatimundé

Old Tupi edit

Alternative forms edit

kûatimondi

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷatimone. By surface analysis, kûati (“coati”) +‎ mundé (“deadfall trap”). Coati bands are composed of only females and young males. When these age, they are driven away from the group and become solitary, being easily caught in traps.^[1]

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní kuati monde.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /kwaˌti.mũˈⁿdɛ/, [kʷaˌti.mũˈⁿdɛ]
Rhymes: -ɛ
Hyphenation: kûa‧ti‧mu‧ndé

Noun edit

kûatimundé (unpossessable)

a solitary male coati

Descendants edit

Nheengatu: kwatí-mundé
→ Portuguese: quatimundéu, quatimundé, quati-mundéu
- → English: coatimundi

References edit

^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kuatimundé”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 237, column 2

[1] Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kuatimundé”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 237, column 2

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