obyûasu

Old Tupi

Etymology

From oby +‎ -ûasu (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɔˌβɨ.waˈsu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: o‧by‧ûa‧su

Adjective

obyûasu (IIa class pluriform, R1 robyûasu, R2 sobyûasu, noun form obyûasu)

1. (hapax) green
   • 1578, Jean de Léry, chapter XX, 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, pages 342–343:

     Mae pérérout, de caramemo poupé? / A-aub. / Mara vaé? / Soboy-eté […] Sobouy, maſſou^{[sic – meaning ouaſſou]} […]

     [— Ma'ep'ereru nde karamemûã pupé? / — Aoba. / — Marãba'e? / — Sobyeté, sobyûasu.]

     — What did you bring in your box? / — Clothes. / — What kind? / — They are blue, green.

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “oby”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 355, column 2