tataeíra

Old Tupi

Etymology

From tatá (“fire”) +‎ eíra (“bee”),[1] referring to its painful bite.

Noun

tataeíra (unpossessable)

  1. bee of the species Oxytrigona tataira
    Synonym: kabesé

Descendants
  • Nheengatu: tatá-ira
  • Brazilian Portuguese: → tataíra, → abelha-de-fogo (calque)

References
  1. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tataeíra”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 466, column 1
  • 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, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 294
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