coati

See also: coatí

English

a South American or ring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua)

Etymology

From Spanish coatí, from Portuguese quati, coati, from Old Tupi kua'ti, from cua (“belt”) + tim (“nose”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəʊˈɑːti/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /koʊˈɑti/
• Rhymes: -ɑːti

Noun

coati (plural coatis)

1. Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua or Nasuella, in order Carnivora, that live in the range from southern United States to northern Argentina.
   • 1974, Bil Gilbert, “Chulo”, in Backpacker, page 89:

     Prospectors and cowpunchers who see the animals most often, sometimes call them Mexican monkeys. Others believe the coati to be a peculiar kind of arboreal anteater. More generally in this region, coatis are called “chulo bears” or simply “chulos,” and will be so referred to hereafter.

   • 2002, Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, Coati: International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Chickaree - crabs, page 478:

     The coatis are four small, carnivorous mammals related to the raccoon, red panda and ringtail, or cacomistle. They range in size from 15 inches (38 cm) in the mountain coati, Nasuella olivacca, to 16-26 inches (41-67 cm) long in the three species Nasua nasua, N. nelsoni and N. narica.

   • 2004, Hope B. Werness, The Continuum Encyclopedia of Animal Symbolism in Art, page 88:

     Above: Maya effigy vessel depicting a red coati or opposum with some anthropomorphic traits.

Synonyms

• (nonstandard) Brazilian aardvark

Derived terms

• brown coati (Nasua narica)
• Cozumel Island coati (Nasua narica nelsoni)
• island coati (Nasua narica nelsoni)
• mountain coati (Nasuella spp.)
• ring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua)
• South American coati (Nasua nasua)
• white-nosed coati (Nasua narica)

Related terms

• coatimundi

Translations

any of several animals of the genus Nasua

• Alcozauca Mixtec: ìì
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Ayautla Mazatec: tjiutsja
• Basque: koati
• Belarusian: кааці (kaaci), насуха f (nasuxa)
• Bulgarian: коа́ти n (koáti)
• Catalan: coatí m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長鼻浣熊／长鼻浣熊 (chángbíhuànxióng)

• Dutch: neusbeer (nl) m
• Esperanto: nazuo
• Finnish: koati (fi)
• French: coati (fr) m
• German: Nasenbär (de) m
• Guaraní: please add this translation if you can
• Hunsrik: Quatti m
• Italian: coati m
• Japanese: 鼻熊 (はなぐま, hanaguma)
• Korean: 긴코너구리 (ginkoneoguri)
• Latvian: degunlācītis m
• Old Tupi: kûati
• Pipil: pētzut
• Polish: ostronos m
• Portuguese: quati (pt) m, coati m
• Quechua: achuni
• Romanian: coati (ro) m
• Russian: коа́ти (ru) m or f (koáti), носу́ха (ru) f (nosúxa)
• Sabanê: kapiˀ
• Spanish: coatí (es) m, cuchucho m (Ecuador), cusumbo m (Colombia), gato solo m (Panama), pezote m (El Salvador), pizote m (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua), tejón (es) m (Mexico); (Nasua nasua, coatimundi) zorro guache m (Venezuela)
• Swedish: näsbjörn c
• Tariana: kapísi
• Tepecano: va·ʹisör
• Thai: โคอาที
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Wapishana: kowachi
• Yucatec Maya: chiic
• Yucuna: kapiji

Anagrams

• Caito, Ticao, catio

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi kûati, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.a.ti/

• Audio:

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Noun

coati m (plural coatis)

1. coati

Descendants

• → Romanian: coati

Further reading

• “coati”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.aˈt͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kwɐˈti/

• Hyphenation: co‧a‧ti

Noun

coati m (plural coatis)

1. Alternative form of quati

Venetan

Noun

coati

1. plural of coato