Iperuûasu

Old Tupi

Etymology

From iperu (“shark”) +‎ -ûasu (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u

Proper noun

Iperuûasu

1. a male given name

References

• Hans Staden (1557) chapter XXII, in Warhaftige [Hiſtoria und] beſchꝛeibung eyner Landtſchafft der wilden nacketen/grimmigen menſchfreſſer leuthen/in der newenwelt America gelegen [True history and description of a land of wild, naked, fierce man-eating people located in the New World of America], volume 1 (overall work in German), Marburg: Andreas Kolbe, unnumbered page: “Ipperu Waſu [Iperuûasu]”