mba'etatá

Old Tupi

Etymology

From mba'e (“thing”) +‎ tatá (“fire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ᵐbaˌʔɛ.taˈta/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: mba‧'e‧ta‧tá

Noun

mba'etatá (unpossessable)

1. (folklore) will o' the wisp

Descendants

• Nheengatu: mbaetatá
• → Portuguese: boitatá, baitatá, batatá, biatatá, bata, batatão

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) 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