unau
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An unau
English
Etymology
From Brazilian Portuguese, from Tupian.
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
Finnish
Etymology
< Tupian.
Pronunciation
Noun
unau
- Linnaeus's two-toed sloth, southern two-toed sloth, unau, Linne's two-toed sloth, Choloepus didactylus
Declension
| Inflection of unau (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | unau | unaut | |
| genitive | unaun | unauiden unauitten | |
| partitive | unauta | unauita | |
| illative | unauhun | unauihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | unau | unaut | |
| accusative | nom. | unau | unaut |
| gen. | unaun | ||
| genitive | unaun | unauiden unauitten | |
| partitive | unauta | unauita | |
| inessive | unaussa | unauissa | |
| elative | unausta | unauista | |
| illative | unauhun | unauihin | |
| adessive | unaulla | unauilla | |
| ablative | unaulta | unauilta | |
| allative | unaulle | unauille | |
| essive | unauna | unauina | |
| translative | unauksi | unauiksi | |
| abessive | unautta | unauitta | |
| instructive | — | unauin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- kaksivarvaslaiskiainen (dated)
French
Etymology
From Tupian.
Pronunciation
Noun
unau m (plural unaus or unaux)
Further reading
“unau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Welsh
Noun
unau m pl
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| unau | unchanged | unchanged | hunau |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.