paranawasú

Nheengatu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi paranãgûasu, from paranã + -gûasu. By surface analysis, paraná (“river”) +‎ -wasú (“big”).

Noun

paranawasú (plural paranawasú-itá)

1. the main river in a drainage basin
2. a flooded river during rainy season
3. (by extension) rainy season

   Synonym: amana-ara

4. (by extension) winter

   Synonym: amana-ara

5. sea; ocean

   Synonyms: paraná, parawasú, pará

6. (archaic) bay (body of water contained by a concave shoreline)

Derived terms

• Paranawasú

References

• Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “paranawasú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 581