unau
English edit
Etymology edit
From Brazilian Portuguese, from Tupian.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
unau (plural unaus)
- Linnaeus's two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus, a two-toed sloth native to South America.
- 1834, Augustus Addison Gould, editor, A System of Natural History, page 264:
- The unau, or two-toed sloth, has no tail, and only two nails on the fore feet. The ai, or three-toed sloth, has a short tail, and three nails on every foot. The nose of the unau, is likewise much longer, the forehead higher, and the ears longer than those of the ai.
French edit
Etymology edit
From Tupian.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
unau m (plural unaus or unaux)
Further reading edit
“unau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Welsh edit
Noun edit
unau m pl
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| unau | unchanged | unchanged | hunau |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||