See tamandûá in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
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61,
69
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31,
38
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"english": "That is the one who strangled me, a stinging caterpillar, an anteater, wanting to strangle me again!",
"ref": "c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. L^(ço) [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 76, lines 713–715; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 143:",
"text": "Aco xejubicaroera / tataurana, tamãdoa! / xejubic benheo pota[…]",
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"text": "Tamandoá é um animal do tamanho de uma raposa, que tem o rosto como furão; a côr é preta, o rabo delgado na arreigada, e com o cabello curto; e d’ahi para a ponta é muito felpudo, e tem n’ella os cabellos grossos como cavallo, e tamanhos e tantos que se cobre todo com elles quando dorme; tem as mãos como cão, com grandes unhas e muito voltadas, de que se fazem apitos. Este bicho se mantem de formigas[…]",
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"english": "History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands",
"ref": "[1614, Claude d'Abbeville, chapter XLI, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L'Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 249v:",
"text": "Il y a vne certaine eſpece d'animaux nommé Tamandoua grand comme vn Cheual, ayant la teſte semblable à celle d'vn Pourceau, les oreilles à celle d'vn Chien, le muſeau fort pointu & long enuiron d'vn pied, la langue fort longue & eſtroitte, le poil de tout le corps aſſez ſemblable à celuy du Cheual, ſinon qu'il eſt plus gros, la / queuë toffuë pareillement comme celle du Cheual, les pieds fourcheus comme le Bœuf.",
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"Old Tupi terms with quotations",
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"text": "Aco xejubicaroera / tataurana, tamãdoa! / xejubic benheo pota[…]",
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"text": "Il y a vne certaine eſpece d'animaux nommé Tamandoua grand comme vn Cheual, ayant la teſte semblable à celle d'vn Pourceau, les oreilles à celle d'vn Chien, le muſeau fort pointu & long enuiron d'vn pied, la langue fort longue & eſtroitte, le poil de tout le corps aſſez ſemblable à celuy du Cheual, ſinon qu'il eſt plus gros, la / queuë toffuë pareillement comme celle du Cheual, les pieds fourcheus comme le Bœuf.",
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Download raw JSONL data for tamandûá meaning in Old Tupi (4.3kB)
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