syûasu

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɨ.waˈsu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: sy‧ûa‧su

Noun

syûasu (unpossessable)

1. Alternative form of sûasu

References

• André Thevet (1575) chapter XII, in La Coſmographie Vniuerſelle d’André Theuet [The Universal Cosmography of André Thevet], volume II (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Guillaume Chaudiere, page 936: “Soubaſſoub [Syûasu]”
• Jean de Léry (1578) chapter XIX, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 347: “Se-ouaſſou [Syûasu]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “syûasu”, 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 450, column 1