tasiwa

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

  • tasewa, taxiwa (obsolete)

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Tupi tasyba,[1] from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tat͡sɨβ.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    tasiwa (plural tasiwa-itá)

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

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

    References

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