nhandu

== 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) Synonym: nhandugûasu ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Portuguese: nandu, nhandu === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *janu. ==== Noun ==== nhandu (unpossessable) (only attested in Língua Geral Amazônica) spider (any arthropod of the order Araneae) ===== Usage notes ===== Despite the various cognates and its presence in compounds, the term is only attested by itself in the 18th century. ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Nheengatu: yandú === Etymology 3 === Unknown. ==== Noun ==== nhandu (unpossessable) cake bush (Piper marginatum) ===== Descendants ===== → Portuguese: nhandu === References === === Further reading === Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “nhandu”, 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 == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === === Noun === nhandu m (plural nhandus) alternative form of nandu === Further reading === “nhandu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “nhandu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026