huemul

English

Etymology

From Spanish huemul, from Mapudungun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /weɪˈmuːl/

Noun

huemul (plural huemuls)

1. A yellowish-brown deer of the genus Hippocamelus, of South America; the two species are endangered.

   Synonyms: gemul, guemal

   • 2000, Michael Bright, Wild South America, BBC Worldwide, published 2000, page 52:

     Another icon inhabiting these mountains is the huemul, or Andean deer, which shares the Chilean coat of arms with the condor.

2. Hippocamelus bisulcus, the more southern of the two species

   Synonyms: south Andean deer, southern huemul, southern guemal, south Andean huemul, Chilean huemul

Translations

deer of the genus Hippocamelus

• Finnish: hemuli

Hippocamelus bisulcus

• Finnish: chilenhemuli

Further reading

• South Andean deer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

From Spanish huemul, from Mapudungun. First attested in the nineteenth century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛˈmɔl/

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• Hyphenation: hue‧mul
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

huemul m (plural huemuls)

1. huemul, deer of the genus Hippocamelus

Spanish

Alternative forms

• güemul

Etymology

Borrowed from Mapudungun [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w̝eˈmul/ [w̝eˈmul]
• Rhymes: -ul
• Syllabification: hue‧mul

Noun

huemul m (plural huemules)

1. huemul

Derived terms

• huemul del norte

Descendants

• → English: huemul

Further reading

• “huemul”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10