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teîugûasu

Old Tupi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tejuwat͡su. By surface analysis, teîú (“tegu”) +‎ -gûasu (“big”).[1]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní teju guaxu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɛˌju.ɡwaˈsu/, [tɛˌju.ɡʷaˈsu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: te‧îu‧gûa‧su

Noun

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teîugûasu (unpossessable)

  1. Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae)

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “teîugûasu”, 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 470, column 2
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