nhandugûasu
Old Tupi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Cognate with Guaraní ñandu guasu. By surface analysis, nhandu (“rhea”) + -gûasu (“big”).
Noun
[edit]nhandugûasu (unpossessable)
- greater rhea (Rhea americana)[1]
- Synonym: nhandu
Descendants
[edit]- Brazilian Portuguese: → nandu-guaçu, → nandu-grande (calque)
Etymology 2
[edit]By surface analysis, nhandu (“spider”) + -gûasu (“big”).
Noun
[edit]nhandugûasu (unpossessable)
- tarantula (any spider of the family Theraphosidae)
References
[edit]- ^ Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Rerum Naturalium Historiae, book 5, chapter 1 (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 190: “Nhandvgvacv [Nhandugûasu]”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nhandugûasu”, 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, columns 1–2
- Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, , →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 268 and 289