taturama
Old Tupi
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPossibly from tatu (“armadillo”) + ram (“future”) + -a, because the outside of their nest is similar to an armadillo shell.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittaturama (unpossessable)
- warrior wasp (any wasp in the genus Synoeca)
References
edit- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “taturama”, 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 468, column 1
- Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus [16th century catalogue of the Brazilian coast's fauna as documented by European authors]”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, , →ISBN, →ISSN, page 297