"pitaûã" meaning in Old Tupi

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Noun

Forms: *pitangûá [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtawari. Etymology templates: {{etymon|tpw|inh|tup-gua-pro>*pɨtawari>kiskadee|id=kiskadee|text=+}} Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pɨtawari. Head templates: {{head|tpw|noun|unpossessable|||||||||||o epitaûã|||||cat2=|cat3=unpossessable nouns|cat4=|head=}} pitaûã (unpossessable), {{tpw-noun|u}} pitaûã (unpossessable)
  1. (hapax legomenon) A species of mangrove bird. Further details are uncertain. Possibilities include:
    Sense id: en-pitaûã-tpw-noun-XGFdASiv Categories (other): Old Tupi hapax legomena, Old Tupi terms with uncertain meaning
  2. (hapax legomenon) A species of mangrove bird. Further details are uncertain. Possibilities include:
    great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
    Sense id: en-pitaûã-tpw-noun-ym2BSP0p Categories (other): Old Tupi hapax legomena, Old Tupi terms with uncertain meaning, Old Tupi entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs, Old Tupi entries with etymology texts, Old Tupi entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Birds Disambiguation of Old Tupi entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs: 14 86 Disambiguation of Old Tupi entries with etymology texts: 14 86 Disambiguation of Old Tupi entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 77 Disambiguation of Birds: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pitangûagûasu
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