tamandûá

== Old Tupi == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tamanuʔa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ta.mãˈⁿdʷa] Rhymes: -a Hyphenation: ta‧ma‧ndûá === Noun === tamandûá (unpossessable) giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) Synonym: tamandûagûasu ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Nheengatu: tamanduá → Brazilian Portuguese: tamanduá → Translingual: Tamandua === References === Francisco Soares (1590–1596), De alguãs Cousas mais notaueis do brasil e de alguñs costumes dos Indios [Of some of Brazil's most notable things and some Indian customs] (overall work in Portuguese), page 1024r; republished as Antônio Geraldo da Cunha, compiler, Coisas Notáveis do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro: INL, 1966, page 19, line 345: “tamandua” === Further reading === Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “tamandûá”, 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 459, column 2