Ûyraesaûasu

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings
d'Abbeville (1614)	Ouyra-eſſa-Ouäſſou

Etymology

From ûyrá (“bird”) +‎ esá (“eye”) +‎ -ûasu (augmentative suffix), literally “big-eyed bird”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wɨˌɾa.ɛˌsa.waˈsu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: Ûy‧ra‧e‧sa‧ûa‧su

Proper noun

Ûyraesaûasu

1. a male given name

References

• Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XXXII, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 184: “Ouyra-eſſa-Ouäſſou”