gûasunĩ

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Old Tupi

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gûasunĩ (Procyon cancrivorus)

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡʷa.sũˈnĩ]
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: gûa‧su‧nĩ

Noun

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gûasunĩ (unpossessable)

  1. crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus)
    • Francisco Soares (15901596) “Raposo Guaçonĩ”, in De alguãs Cousas mais notaueis do brasil e de alguñs costumes dos Indios [Of some of Brazil's most notable things and some Indian customs] (overall work in Portuguese), page 43; republished as Antônio Geraldo da Cunha, compiler, Coisas Notáveis do Brasil (Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Nacional do Livro, 1966, page 119, line 1180:Guaçonĩ [Gûasunĩ]
    • Ambrósio Fernandes Brandão (1618) “Dialogo quinto”, in Diálogos das Grandezas do Brasil [Dialogues of Brazil's Greatnesses]; republished as João Capistrano de Abreu, Rodolpho Garcia, compilers, Rio de Janeiro: Officina Industrial Graphica, 1930, page 249:guasuni [gûasunĩ]

Descendants

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  • Nheengatu: waxinĩ
  • Portuguese: guaxinim

References

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