iwí-kwausawa

Nheengatu

Etymology

Coined by Brazilian translator Rodrigo Godinho Trevisan in 2017, from iwí (“Earth”) +‎ kwausawa (“knowledge”), literally “knowledge of the Earth”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [iˌwi.kwawˈsa.wa]
Rhymes: -awa
Hyphenation: i‧wí‧-kwau‧sa‧wa

Noun

iwí-kwausawa (plural iwí-kwausawa-itá)

(neologism) geography

References

Rodrigo Godinho Trevisan (2017) Tradução comentada da obra Le Petit Prince, de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, do francês ao nheengatu [Commented translation of the work Le Petit Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, from French to Nheengatu]‎^[1] (overall work in Portuguese, French, and Nheengatu), São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, archived from the original on 27 November 2024, page 187