nhandugûasu

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

  • nhandygûasu

Etymology 1

Cognate with Guaraní ñandu guasu. By surface analysis, nhandu (“rhea”) +‎ -gûasu (“big”).

Noun

nhandugûasu (unpossessable)

  1. greater rhea (Rhea americana)[1]
    Synonym: nhandu
Descendants
  • Brazilian Portuguese: → nandu-guaçu, → nandu-grande (calque)

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, nhandu (“spider”) +‎ -gûasu (“big”).

Noun

nhandugûasu (unpossessable)

  1. tarantula (any spider of the family Theraphosidae)

References

  1. ^ Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Rerum Naturalium Historiae, book 5, chapter 1 (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 190: “Nhandvgvacv [Nhandugûasu]”
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