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tasiwa

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Nheengatu

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tasiwa

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Tupi tasyba.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [taˈsi.wa]
  • Rhymes: -iwa
  • Hyphenation: ta‧si‧wa

Noun

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tasiwa (plural tasiwa-itá)

  1. ant (any hymenopteran of the family Formicidae)
  2. (strictly) Solenopsis saevissima
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References

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  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “tasiwa”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 739
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