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kabatã

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Old Tupi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani [Term?]. By surface analysis, kaba (wasp) +‎ atã (brave).[1]

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní kavytã.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kaˈβ̞a.tã]
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ba‧tã

Noun

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kabatã (unpossessable)

  1. (hapax) red paper wasp (Polistes canadensis)

Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: kawantá, kawatã
  • Brazilian Portuguese: cabatã

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kabatã”, 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 210, column 2
  • Gabriel Soares de Sousa (1587) chapter LXXIX, in Noticia do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), Salvador; republished as Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, editor, Tratado descriptivo do Brazil em 1587, Rio de Janeiro: Laemmert, 1851, page 240:Cabatan [Kabatã]
  • 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, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 296