kûatimundé

Old Tupi

Alternative forms
  • kûatimondi

Etymology

From kûati (“coati”) +‎ mundé (“deadfall trap”).

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
  • IPA(key): /kʷaˌti.muˈⁿdɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: kûa‧ti‧mu‧ndé

Noun

kûatimundé (unpossessable)

  1. a solitary male coati

Descendants

References
  1. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013), “kuatimundé”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 237, column 2
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