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tatuapara

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Old Tupi

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Etymology

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From tatu (“armadillo”) +‎ apar (“curved”) +‎ -a.[1]

Noun

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tatuapara (unpossessable)

  1. Brazilian three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes trincinctus)
    Synonym: tatumirĩ

Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: tatú-apara
  • → Brazilian Portuguese: tatuapara

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tatuapara”, 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 467, column 2
  • 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 256
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