teîugûasu
Appearance
Old Tupi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tejuwat͡su. By surface analysis, teîú (“tegu”) + -gûasu (“big”).[1]
Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní teju guaxu.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]teîugûasu (unpossessable)
Descendants
[edit]- Nheengatu: teyuwasú
- → Portuguese: teiú-açu, teiú-guaçu, → teiú-gigante (calque)
References
[edit]- ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “teîugûasu”, 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 470, column 2