tatu'i

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tatuʔi. By surface analysis, tatu (“armadillo”) +‎ -'i (dimminutive suffix).[1]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní tatu'i

Noun

tatu'i (unpossessable)

  1. seven-banded armadillo (Dasypus septemcinctus)

Descendants
  • Nheengatu: tatuí
  • → Brazilian Portuguese: tatuí

References
  1. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tatu'i”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 468, column 1
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