kabatã

== Old Tupi == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani [Term?]. By surface analysis, kaba (“wasp”) +‎ atã (“brave”). Cognate with Paraguayan Guarani kavytã. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [kaˈβ̞a.tã] Rhymes: -ã Hyphenation: ka‧ba‧tã === Noun === kabatã (unpossessable) (hapax legomenon) red paper wasp (Polistes canadensis) ==== Descendants ==== Nheengatu: kawantá, kawatã → Brazilian Portuguese: cabatã === References === Papavero, Nelson; Teixeira, Dante Martins (2014), Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupi zoonymy in the 16th-century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 296