pitaûã

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

  • *pitangûá

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtawari.

    Noun

    pitaûã (unpossessable)

    1. (hapax legomenon) A species of mangrove bird. Further details are uncertain. Possibilities include:
      • [1587, Gabriel Soares de Sousa, “Em que se conta a natureza de algumas aves da agua salgada [Where it is told about the nature of some saltwater birds]” (chapter LXXXIV), in Notícia do Brasil (in Portuguese), Salvador; republished as Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, editor, Tratado descriptivo do Brazil em 1587, 2nd edition, Rio de Janeiro: João Ignancio da Silva, 1879, page 213:
        Pitaoão são passarinhos do tamanho e côr dos canarios, e tem uma corôa branca na cabeça; fazem grandes ninhos nos mangues, ao longo dos rios salgados, onde põem dous ovos; e mantem-se dos peixinhos que alcançam por sua lança.
        “Pitaûã” are birds of the size and color of canaries, and have a white crown on the head; they make large nests in the mangroves, by the saltwater rivers, where they lay their eggs; and they feed on small fishes that they reach through their spear[?].]
      1. great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)[1]

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: pitawã
    • → Brazilian Portuguese: pitanguá

    References

    1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “pitaûá”, 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 389, column 1

    Further reading

    • Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupi zoonymy in the 16th-century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 258
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