andirá

See also: Andirá

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

  • anirá (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi andyrá.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ã.diˈɾa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: an‧di‧rá

Noun

andirá (plural andirá-itá)

  1. bat (any mammal of the order Chiroptera)
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Derived terms

  • andirá-aka
  • andirá-iwa
  • andirá-kisé
  • andirá-kisé-apara
  • andirá-puampé
  • pirandira

References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “andirá”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 245
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