Tausendfus

Hunsrik

Etymology

From tausend (“one thousand”) +‎ Fus (“foot”),[1] possibly a calque of Portuguese mil-pés.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʰaʊ̯sn̩tˌfuːs/
  • Hyphenation: Tau‧send‧fus

Noun

Tausendfus m (plural Tausendfis)

  1. millipede

References

  1. ^ Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Tausendfus”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 162
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