quatimundéu
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi kûatimundé. By surface analysis, quati + mundéu.
Coati bands are composed of only females and young males – when these age, they are driven away from the group and become solitary. Old, lonely and usually fatter, males are easily caught in traps, hence the name.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kwa.t͡ʃi.mũˈdɛw/ [kwa.t͡ʃi.mũˈdɛʊ̯]
- Rhymes: -ɛw
- Hyphenation: qua‧ti‧mun‧déu
Noun
quatimundéu m (plural quatimundéus or (rare) quatimundéis, feminine (rare) quatimundeia, feminine plural (rare) quatimundeias)
References
- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kuatimundé”, 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 237
Further reading
- “quatimundéu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “quatimundéu”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
- “quatimundéu”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “quatimundéu”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025