teîugûasu
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 (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 470, column 2