unau

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English[edit]

An unau

Etymology[edit]

From Brazilian Portuguese, from Tupian.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /juːˈnɔː/, /uːˈnaʊ/

Noun[edit]

unau (plural unaus)

  1. 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]

  • IPA(key): /y.no/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

unau m (plural unaus or unaux)

  1. unau

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

  1. plural of un

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
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.