Inĩgûasu

Old Tupi

Etymology

From inĩ (“hammock”) +‎ -gûasu (augmentative suffix), literally “big hammock”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ĩ.nĩ.ɡʷaˈsu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: I‧nĩ‧gûa‧su

Proper noun

Inĩgûasu

1. (hapax) a male given name

References

• Vicente do Salvador (1627) “Do principio da rebellião, e guerras do Gentio da Parahiba” (chapter 22), in Historia do Brasil, volume 3 (overall work in Portuguese), Salvador; republished as Capistrano de Abreu, editor, Historia do Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: Typ. de G. Leuzinger & Filhos, 1889, page 96: “Iniguasú [Inĩgûasu]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Inĩgûasu”, 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 187, column 1