yandú

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi nhandu'i or nhandu'ĩ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jãˈdu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: yan‧dú

Noun

yandú (plural yandú-itá)

  1. spider (any arachnid of the order Araneae)
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Derived terms

  • kayarara-yandú
  • makaka-yandú
  • pirá-yandú
  • yanduwasú
  • yandú kisawa
  • yandú pisá

References

  • Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “yandú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 851
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