tamandûa'i

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings 
Marcgrave (1648) tamandua-i

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tamanuʔaʔi. By surface analysis, tamandûá (“anteater”) +‎ -'ĩ (diminutive suffix).

Noun

tamandûa'i (unpossessable)

  1. (hapax legomenon) southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla)
    • [1648, Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso, Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Rerum Naturalium Historiae, book VI, chapter IV (in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 225:
      Tamandva-i Braſilienſibus, Belgis Kleyn Miereneter. Animal vulpeculæ Americanæ magnitudine, vel paulo major.
      “Tamandûa'i” from Brazil, “Kleyn Miereneter” [small anteater] in Dutch. An animal the size of an American fox, or a bit larger.]
  • Tamandûa'i

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: tamanduaí
    • → Brazilian Portuguese: tamanduaí

Further reading

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