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Soûerusu

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Old Tupi

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Etymology

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From soba (“leaf”) +‎ pûera (“old”) +‎ -usu (augmentative suffix), literally “big fallen leaf”.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sɔ.wɛ.ɾuˈsu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: So‧ûe‧ru‧su

Proper noun

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Soûerusu

  1. (hapax) a male given name[1]
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References

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  1. ^ 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: “Soouar-ouſſou [Soûerusu]”
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