Kunhãûasutenhẽ

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings
d'Abbeville (1614)	Cougnan Ouäſſou teigné

Etymology

From kunhã (“woman”) +‎ -ûasu (augmentative suffix) +‎ tenhẽ (“in vain”), literally “big woman for nothing”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˌɲã.waˌsu.tɛˈɲɛ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃
• Hyphenation: Ku‧nhã‧ûa‧su‧te‧nhẽ

Proper noun

Kunhãûasutenhẽ

1. a female given name

References

• Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter LVIII, 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 365: “Cougnan Ouäſſou teigné”

Further reading

• Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, page 174