andurinhu

Nheengatu

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese andorinha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ã.duˈɾĩ.ɲu]
• Rhymes: -ĩɲu
• Hyphenation: an‧du‧ri‧nhu

Noun

andurinhu (plural andurinhu-itá)

1. swallow (bird)

Synonyms

• miyuí (archaic)

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “andurinhu”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 246