miaratakaka
Old Tupi
Alternative forms
- îaratakaka, îaritataka, mbiarataka
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mi.a.ɾa.taˈka.ka]
- Rhymes: -aka
- Hyphenation: mi‧a‧ra‧ta‧ka‧ka
Noun
miaratakaka (unpossessable)
- striped hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus semistriatus)
- Synonym: îa'urekaka
- c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 44; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:
- Eîori, mba'enem, mba'epoxy, mborá, miaratakaka, sebo'i, tamarutaka!
- Come, you stinky, nasty thing, stingless bee, skunk, leech, mantis shrimp!
Descendants
- → Brazilian Portuguese: jaritataca, maritacaca
References
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “miaratakaka”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 278–279
- Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, , →ISBN, →ISSN, page 250
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