nhanduabiîu

Old Tupi

nhanduabiîu

Etymology

From nhandu (“spider”) +‎ abiîu (“fluff”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲãˌⁿdu.a.βiˈju/, [ɲãˌⁿdu.a.β̞iˈju]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: nha‧ndu‧a‧bi‧îu

Noun

nhanduabiîu (unpossessable)

1. whip scorpion (any arachnid in the order Thelyphonida)

Descendants

• → Portuguese: nhanduabiju

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nhanduabiîu”, 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 334, column 1