wainambí

Nheengatu

Alternative forms

  • inambí, mainumbí, wainumã, wainumí (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi gûaînumby.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [waj.nãˈbi]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: wai‧nam‧bí

Noun

wainambí (plural wainambí-itá)

  1. hummingbird (any apodiform of the family Trochilidae)
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References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “wainambí”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 803
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