sûasueté

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• sugûasueté, sygûasueté

Etymology

From sûasu (“deer”) +‎ eté (“true”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʷaˌsu.ɛˈtɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: sûa‧su‧e‧té

Noun

sûasueté (unpossessable)

1. Synonym of sûasupytanga (“red brocket”)

References

• Francisco Soares (1590–1966) [1596] “Corços”, in Antônio Geraldo da Cunha, compiler, 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] (Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa; 6) (overall work in Portuguese), quoted in Coisas Notáveis do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Nacional do Livro, page 103, line 946: “çuaçuete [sûasueté]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sûasueté”, 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 248