nhandu'i

== Old Tupi == === Alternative forms === nhandu'ĩ === Etymology === From nhandu (“spider”) +‎ -'ĩ (diminutive suffix). === Noun === nhandu'i (?) true spider (any spider in the infraorder Araneomorphae) ==== Descendants ==== → Brazilian Portuguese: nhanduí === References === anonymous author (1622), “Aranha [Spider]”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 40: “Nhãduî”