îandûaba

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Old Tupi

Alternative forms

nhanduaba^[1]

Etymology

From îandu (“greater rhea”) +‎ aba (“plumage”), literally “plumage of greater rhea”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Rhymes: -aβa
Hyphenation: îa‧ndûa‧ba

Noun

îandûaba (?)

headdress used by the Tupi Indians on their buttocks, which was hung from the waist

Descendants

→ German: Enduape
- → Portuguese: enduape

References

^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2005) chapter 5, in Método Moderno de Tupi Antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos [Modern method of Old Tupi: the language of Brazil's early centuries] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, São Paulo: Global Editora, →ISBN, page 77

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “îandûaba”, 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 158, column 2

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