îakutinga
Old Tupi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From îaku (“typical guan”) + ting (“white”) + -a.
Noun
[edit]îakutinga (unpossessable)
- (South Tupi) jacutinga (Pipile jacutinga)
Descendants
[edit]- Nheengatu: yakú-tinga
- → Brazilian Portuguese: jacutinga
- → English: jacutinga
References
[edit]- Jean de Léry (1578) chapter XI, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 169: “Iacoutin [Îakutinga]”
- Francisco Soares (1590–1596) “Galinhas”, in De alguãs Cousas mais notaueis do brasil e de alguñs costumes dos Indios [Of some of Brazil's most notable things and some Indian customs] (overall work in Portuguese), page 53; republished as Antônio Geraldo da Cunha, compiler, Coisas Notáveis do Brasil (Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Nacional do Livro, 1966, page 135, line 1388: “Jacutĩga [Îakutinga]”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îakutinga”, 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 157, column 1
- Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, , →ISBN, →ISSN, page 262
