kûandu

Old Tupi

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní kuãndu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʷãˈⁿdu/
Rhymes: -u
Hyphenation: kûa‧ndu

Noun

kûandu (unpossessable)

coendou (Coendou prehensilis)

Descendants

→ Portuguese: cuandu, coandu, coendu, quandu
→ New Latin: coendou
- → English: coendou, coendoo

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kûandu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 235, column 2

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