anũ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "anu"

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• anu, any

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní ano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ãˈnũ/
• Rhymes: -ũ
• Hyphenation: a‧nũ

Noun

anũ (unpossessable)

1. smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: anú
• → Portuguese: anu, anum, ani
  • →? English: ani

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “anũ”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: the classical indigenous language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 42, column 2