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)

   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

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “nhandugûasu”, 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 334, columns 1–2
• Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus [16th century catalogue of the Brazilian coast's fauna as documented by European authors]”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 268 and 289