sûasupytanga

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• sygûasupytanga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃɨ-wat͡ʃupɨtaŋ. By surface analysis, sûasu (“deer”) +‎ pytang (“reddish”) +‎ -a.

Cognate with Guaraní guasu pytã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sʷaˌsu.pɨˈtã.ŋa]
• Rhymes: -ãŋa
• Hyphenation: sûa‧su‧py‧ta‧nga

Noun

sûasupytanga (unpossessable)

1. red brocket (Mazama americana)

   Synonym: sûasueté

References

• Francisco Soares (1590–1596) “Corços”, in 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] (overall work in Portuguese), page 37; republished as Antônio Geraldo da Cunha, compiler, Coisas Notáveis do Brasil (Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Instituto Nacional do Livro, 1966, page 103, line 945: “çuaçu pitãga [sûasupytanga]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sûasupytanga”, 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