nhandu

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Old Tupi

Alternative forms

îandu, nhandy

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɲãˈⁿdu]
Rhymes: -u
Hyphenation: nha‧ndu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *janu.

Noun

nhandu (unpossessable)

greater rhea (Rhea americana)^[1]^[2]
Synonym: nhandugûasu

Related terms

Descendants

→ Portuguese: nandu, nhandu

Etymology 2

Noun

nhandu (unpossessable)

cake bush (Piper marginatum)^[3]

Descendants

→ Portuguese: nhandu

References

^ Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XXXIX, in Histoire de la Mission des Peres Capucins en Lªisle de Maragnan et terres circonuoisines […] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 242: “Yandou [Îandu]”
^ anonymous author (1622) “Ema, aue”, in Vocabulario 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, page 110: “Nhãdû [Nhandu]”
^ George Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) chapter XIII, in Historia Naturalis Brasiliae, volume II (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 75: “Nhamdu [Nhandu]”

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nhandu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 334, column 1
Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 268

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɲɐ̃ˈdu/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɲɐ̃ˈdu/

Noun

nhandu m (plural nhandus)

Alternative form of nandu

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