unau
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Brazilian Portuguese, from Tupian.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Tupian.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
unau m (plural unaus or unaux)
Further reading[edit]
“unau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Welsh[edit]
Noun[edit]
unau m pl
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
unau | unchanged | unchanged | hunau |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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- en:Anteaters and sloths
- French terms derived from Tupian languages
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