sûasuarana
Old Tupi
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editNoun
editsûasuarana (unpossessable)
- cougar (Puma concolor)
- Synonym: îagûapytangusu
Coordinate terms
edit- (felids) îagûara (îagûarakangusu, îagûareté, *îagûaruna, îagûarusu), marakaîá (bixana, *îagûatyryka, marakaîaeté, marakaîagûasu, marakaîamimbaba, marakaîamirĩ), sûasuarana (îagûapytangusu)
Descendants
edit- Nheengatu: suasuarana
- → Brazilian Portuguese: suaçurana, Suassurana
References
edit- Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XLI, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 251v: “Souaſſouaran [Sûasuaran[a]]”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sûasuarana”, 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 446, column 1
- Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus [16th century catalogue of the Brazilian coast's fauna as documented by European authors]”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, , →ISBN, →ISSN, page 250