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-gûasu

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Old Tupi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-wat͡ʃu, from Proto-Tupian *-at͡ʃu.

    Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní guaxu and Guaraní guasu.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ɡʷaˈsu]
    • Rhymes: -u
    • Hyphenation: -gûa‧su

    Suffix

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    -gûasu

    1. forms the augmentative of nouns
      paranã (sea) + ‎-gûasu → ‎paranãgûasu (ocean, literally big sea)
    2. much; many
      • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, “Na feſta de .ſ. Lço [At the Saint Lawrence Festival]” (chapter XLIV), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], Niterói, page 142, lines 698–702; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 718:
        Ycaõygoaçu pipo / xeramũya jaguaruna? / eneĩ taçobeipo, / eri, auyete paco / ayeguac uinhemouna
        [I kaûĩgûasupipó / xe ramũîa Îagûaruna? / Ene'ĩ! T'asabeypó! / Erĩ! Aûîeté pakó, / aîegûak ûinhemoúna...]
        By the way, does my grandpa Jaguaruna have much cauim? Come on! I'm gonna get drunk! Wait! Actually, I must adorn myself with black paint...
    3. very; a lot
      • 1622, anonymous author, Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 108; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
        Xequerambuguaçû
        [Xe kerambugûasu]
        I snore a lot.

    Usage notes

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    • -ûasu/-gûasu was the form used after a word ending in a stressed vowel; otherwise it would be -usu.

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Nheengatu: -wasú
    • Portuguese: -açu, -guaçu

    References

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