kûatimundé

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

kûatimondi

Etymology

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

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

Noun

kûatimundé (unpossessable)

a solitary male coati

Descendants

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

References

^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kuatimundé”, 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 2

[1] Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kuatimundé”, 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 2

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