huemul

From Spanish huemul, from Mapudungun.

• IPA^(key): /weɪˈmuːl/

huemul (plural huemuls)

1. A yellowish-brown deer of the genus Hippocamelus, of South America; the two species are endangered.

   Synonyms: gemul, guemal

   • 2000, Michael Bright, Wild South America, BBC Worldwide, published 2000, page 52:

     Another icon inhabiting these mountains is the huemul, or Andean deer, which shares the Chilean coat of arms with the condor.

2. Hippocamelus bisulcus, the more southern of the two species

   Synonyms: south Andean deer, southern huemul, southern guemal, south Andean huemul, Chilean huemul

• South Andean deer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Spanish huemul, from Mapudungun. First attested in the nineteenth century.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛˈmɔl/

  (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

• Hyphenation: hue‧mul
• Rhymes: -ɔl

huemul m (plural huemuls)

1. huemul, deer of the genus Hippocamelus

• güemul

Borrowed from Mapudungun [Term?].

• IPA^(key): /w̝eˈmul/ [w̝eˈmul]
• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: hue‧mul

huemul m (plural huemules)

1. huemul

• → English: huemul

• “huemul”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024