mba'etatá

Old Tupi

Etymology

From mba'e (“thing”) +‎ tatá (“fire”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ᵐbaˌʔɛ.taˈta/
Rhymes: -a
Hyphenation: mba‧'e‧ta‧tá

Noun

mba'etatá (unpossessable)

(folklore) will o' the wisp

Descendants

Nheengatu: mbaetatá
→ Portuguese: boitatá, baitatá, batatá, biatatá, bata, batatão

References

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil‎ (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN

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