tapetí

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

  • tapití

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Tupi tapiti, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tapiti.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /tapeˈti/
    • Rhymes: -i
    • Hyphenation: ta‧pe‧tí

    Noun

    tapetí (plural tapetí-itá)

    1. (archaic) tapeti (Sylvilagus brasiliensis)

    References

    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “tapetí”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 733