taturama

== Old Tupi == === Alternative forms === taturana === Etymology === Possibly from tatu (“armadillo”) +‎ ram (“future”) +‎ -a, because the outside of their nest is similar to an armadillo shell. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ta.tuˈɾã.ma] Rhymes: -ãma Hyphenation: ta‧tu‧ra‧ma === Noun === taturama (unpossessable) warrior wasp (any wasp in the genus Synoeca) === References === Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “taturama”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 468, column 1 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 297