Marakaûasu
Old Tupi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From maraká (“rattle, maraca”) + -ûasu (augmentative suffix), literally “big rattle, maraca”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): [ma.ɾa.ka.waˈsu]
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: Ma‧ra‧ka‧ûa‧su
- Homophone: marakagûasu
Proper noun
[edit]Marakaûasu
- (hapax) a male given name[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Jean de Léry (1578) chapter 20, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 351: “Maraca-ouaſſou [Marakaûasu]”
