unau

English
An unau

Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese, from Tupian.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /juːˈnɔː/, /uːˈnaʊ/

Noun

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

Etymology

From Tupian.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /y.no/
  • Audio (Paris)(file)

Noun

unau m (plural unaus or unaux)

  1. unau

Further reading

“unau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Welsh

Noun

unau m pl

  1. plural of un

Mutation
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.
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