Taîasu

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings
d'Abbeville (1614)	Tayaſſou

Etymology

From taîasu (the animal, not the plant).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ta.jaˈsu], [ta.ʒaˈsu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: Ta‧îa‧su
• Homophone: taîasu

Proper noun

Taîasu

1. 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 184: “Tayaſſou”