ygarusu

Old Tupi

Etymology

From ygara (“canoe”) +‎ -usu (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɨ.ɣa.ɾuˈsu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: y‧ga‧ru‧su

Noun

ygarusu (possessable)

1. (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

• ygarusuetá
• ygarusumirĩ

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: Igarassu, Igaraçu

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ygarusu”, 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 526, column 1