kabatã

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani [Term?]. By surface analysis, kaba (“wasp”) +‎ atã (“brave”).

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní kavytã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈβ̞a.tã]
• Rhymes: -ã
• Hyphenation: ka‧ba‧tã

Noun

kabatã (unpossessable)

1. (hapax) red paper wasp (Polistes canadensis)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: kawantá, kawatã
• → Brazilian Portuguese: cabatã

References

• Gabriel Soares de Sousa (1587) chapter LXXIX, in Noticia do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, editor, Tratado descriptivo do Brazil em 1587, Rio de Janeiro: Laemmert, 1851, page 240: “Cabatan [Kabatã]”
• Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 296