îundi'a

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• nhandi'a

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *juniʔa.

Noun

îundi'a (unpossessable)

1. catfish (any fish of the order Siluriformes)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: yandiá
• → Brazilian Portuguese: jundiá, jandiá, nhandiá
  • → Hunsrik: Schundiaa

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îundi'a”, 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 198, column 2