Ararusuaîa

Old Tupi

Etymology

From arara (“macaw”) +‎ -usu (“big”) +‎ ûaîa (“tail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.ɾa.ɾu.suˈa.ja]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Hyphenation: A‧ra‧ru‧su‧a‧îa

Proper noun

Ararusuaîa

1. (hapax) 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 182v: “Ararouſouay [Ararusuaî(a)]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Ararusuaîa”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 60, column 1