Ararusuaîa
Old Tupi
editEtymology
editFrom arara (“macaw”) + -usu (“big”) + ûaîa (“tail”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editArarusuaîa
- (hapax) a male given name
References
edit- Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XXXII, in Histoire de la Mission des Peres Capucins en Lªisle de Maragnan et terres circonuoisines […] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 182v: “Ararouſouay [Ararusuaî(a)]”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Ararusuaîa”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 60, column 1