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tatueté

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Old Tupi

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Etymology

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From tatu (“armadillo”) +‎ eté (“true”).[1]

Noun

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tatueté (unpossessable)

  1. nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)

Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: tatueté
  • Brazilian Portuguese: → tatuetê, → tatu-verdadeiro (calque)

References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tatueté”, 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 468, column 1
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