kuati

Paraguayan Guaraní

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kʷati.[1][2]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní kuaxi and Old Tupi kûati.

Noun

kuati

  1. ring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua)
  • kuati ha'eño
  • kuati monde

Descendants

  • → Spanish: coatí
    • → Catalan: coatí
    • →? English: coati
    • → Finnish: koati

References

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (17 March 2000) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
  2. ^ Miriam Lemle (1971) “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29), volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma
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