ygarusu
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Old Tupi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ygara (“canoe”) + -usu (augmentative suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ygarusu (possessable)
- (Late Tupi) ship (large water craft)
- 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “[Confissão]”, in [Doutrina Cristã]; republished as Armando Cardoso, compiler, Doutrina Cristã: Catecismo brasílico, volume 1, São Paulo: Loyola, 1992, →ISBN, page 212, line 33:
- Oñemombeúpe abá guarininamo osó janondé, ygarusúpe oári janondé?
- [Onhemombe'upe abá gûarinĩnamo o só îanondé, ygarusupe o 'ary îanondé?]
- Does someone confess themselves before going to war, before boarding a ship?
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ygarusu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 526, column 1