sygûasumẽ

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• syûasumẽ

Etymology

Coined by Spanish Jesuit missionary Joseph of Anchieta, from sygûasu (“deer”) +‎ mẽ (“baa, cry of a goat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɡwa.suˈmɛ̃/, [sɨ.ɡʷa.suˈmɛ̃]
• Rhymes: -ɛ̃
• Hyphenation: sy‧gûa‧su‧mẽ

Noun

sygûasumẽ (unpossessable)

1. goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)

   Synonyms: kabará, syûasumibaba

   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Polo moleiro”, in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, Helder Perri Ferreira, compilers, Poemas: lírica portuguesa e tupi (Poetas do Brasil; 5), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, published 2004, →ISBN, page 164:

     […] sygûasumé rerekoara oîosupotá o îara […]

     The goatherds want to visit their Lord.

Descendants

• Nheengatu: suasumé

Further reading

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sygûasumẽ”, 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, columns 1–2