matamatá

See also: matamata, Matamata, mata mata, and mata-mata

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi matamatá.

Noun

matamatá (plural matamatá-itá)

1. matamata (Chelus fimbriata)
2. tree of the species Eschweilera coriacea

Derived terms

• matamatá-iwa
• matamatá-kawa

 

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “matamatá”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 461

Old Tupi

Noun

matamatá (unpossessable)

1. (North Tupi, hapax) matamata (Chelus fimbriata)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: matamatá
• → Brazilian Portuguese: matamatá

References

• Christovão de Lisboa (c. 1631) Historia dos animaes e arvores do Maranhão [History of Maranhão's animals and trees]‎^[1] (overall work in Portuguese), Lisbon, page 174v
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “matamatá”, 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 265, column 2

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• matá-matá, mata-mata

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi matamatá.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˌta.maˈta/

Noun

matamatá m (plural matamatás) (Brazil)

1. matamata (Chelus fimbriata)

   Synonym: tartaruga-matamatá

2. tree of the species Eschweilera coriacea