tasiwa

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

  • tasewa, taxiwa (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi tasyba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [taˈsi.wa]
  • Rhymes: -iwa
  • Hyphenation: ta‧si‧wa

Noun

tasiwa (plural tasiwa-itá)

  1. ant (any hymenopteran of the family Formicidae)
  2. (archaic, strictly) Solenopsis saevissima
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Derived terms

  • makaka-tasiwa
  • tasiwa-piranga
  • tasiwa-tatá
  • tasiwa-tái
  • tatú-tasiwa
  • wayapisá-tasiwa

References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “tasiwa”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 739
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