ñandú
See also: ñandu, nandu, Nandu, nandù, and nándù
Asturian
Noun
ñandú m (plural ñandús)
- rhea (flightless bird)
Spanish
Etymology
From Guaraní ñandu guasu (literally “big spider”), perhaps by the similarity between the hair of the rhea and that of hairy spiders of the Amazon Basin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɲanˈdu/ [ɲãn̪ˈd̪u]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -u
- Syllabification: ñan‧dú
Noun
ñandú m (plural ñandús or ñandúes)
- American ostrich, rhea, nandu
Derived terms
- ñandú común
- ñandú petizo
Descendants
- → Catalan: nyandú
Further reading
- “ñandú”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014