îandûaba

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From îandu (“greater rhea”) +‎ aba (“plumage”), literally “plumage of greater rhea”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [j̃ãˈndwa.βa]
  • Rhymes: -aβa
  • Hyphenation: îa‧ndûa‧ba

Noun

îandûaba (?)

  1. headdress used by the Tupi Indians on their buttocks, which was hung from the waist

Descendants

  • → German: Enduape

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (1998) chapter 5, in Método Moderno de Tupi Antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos [Modern method of Old Tupi: the language of Brazil's early centuries] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, São Paulo: Global Editora, published 2005, →ISBN, the cover page 77

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