taturama

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• taturana

Etymology

Possibly from tatu (“armadillo”) +‎ ram (“future”) +‎ -a, because the outside of their nest is similar to an armadillo shell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta.tuˈɾã.ma]
• Rhymes: -ãma
• Hyphenation: ta‧tu‧ra‧ma

Noun

taturama (unpossessable)

1. warrior wasp (any wasp in the genus Synoeca)

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “taturama”, 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
• 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 297