îandûaba

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• nhanduaba

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [j̃ãˈndwa.βa]
• Rhymes: -aβa
• Hyphenation: îa‧ndûa‧ba

Noun

îandûaba (?)

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

Descendants

• → German: Enduape
  • → Portuguese: enduape

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