gûatapy
Old Tupi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [wa.taˈpɨ]
- Rhymes: -ɨ
- Hyphenation: gûa‧ta‧py
Noun
gûatapy (?)
- a very large sea snail, a univalve gastropod mollusk with a large opening
- the shell of a very large sea snail, commonly referred to as a conch
- jewelry made from the shells of this sea snail
Derived terms
- gûatapygûasu
- Gûatapytyba
Descendants
- Nheengatu: watapí
- → Portuguese: atapu, guatapi, uatapi, uatapu, vatapu
Further reading
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “gûatapy”, 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 136, column 2