tatouay

English edit

Etymology edit

From a compound word in a Tupi-Guarani language (compare tatu-ai),^[1]^[2] of which the first element is ultimately from Old Tupi tatu (“armadillo”). Compare Portuguese tatu, French tatou. The second element (ay or ai) may mean "wound" because of a belief that its fat was used on wounds,^[1]^[2] or "colored",^[3] or "worthless".^[4]

Noun edit

tatouay (plural tatouays)

An armadillo (Cabassous tatouay), native to tropical South America; the broad-banded armadillo.

Further reading edit

“tatouay”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “tatouay”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Webster's Secondary-School Dictionary (1913)
^ Rubén Bareiro Saguier, León Cadogan, Literatura guaraní del Paraguay (1980, →ISBN), page 28
^ The Chambers Dictionary (1998, →ISBN)

[Century1911-1] 1.0 ^1.1 “tatouay”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

[Webster'sSSD-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Webster's Secondary-School Dictionary (1913)

[3] Rubén Bareiro Saguier, León Cadogan, Literatura guaraní del Paraguay (1980, →ISBN), page 28

[4] The Chambers Dictionary (1998, →ISBN)

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