sûasuarana

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• sugûasuarana, susuarana, susurana, sygûasuarana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʷaˌsu.aˈɾã.na]
• Rhymes: -ãna
• Hyphenation: sûa‧su‧a‧ra‧na

Noun

sûasuarana (unpossessable)

1. cougar (Puma concolor)

   Synonym: îagûapytangusu

Coordinate terms

• (felids) îagûara (îagûarakangusu, îagûareté, *îagûaruna, îagûarusu), marakaîá (bixana, *îagûatyryka, marakaîaeté, marakaîagûasu, marakaîamimbaba, marakaîamirĩ), sûasuarana (îagûapytangusu)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: suasuarana
• → Brazilian Portuguese: suaçurana, Suassurana

References

• Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XLI, 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 251v: “Souaſſouaran [Sûasuaran[a]]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sûasuarana”, 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 446, column 1
• Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 250