^anonymous author (1622), “Cana brava, oca por dentro”, inVocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor,Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP,1953,page65: “Tacoara[Takûara]”
^Claude d'Abbeville (1614), chapter XLIX, inHiſtoire 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] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby,page289: “Tacouärt[Takûar[a]]”