Paraguayan Guaraní

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷati.[1][2]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní kuaxi and Old Tupi kûati.

Noun

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kuati

  1. ring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua)
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Descendants

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  • Spanish: coatí
    • Catalan: coatí
    • English: coati
    • French: coati
    • Finnish: koati

References

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  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
  2. ^ Miriam Lemle (1971) “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29), volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma