yrygwasu

Kaiwá

yrygwasu

Alternative forms

• rygwasu

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní ryguasu. Compare Old Tupi uru and -gûasu.

Noun

yrygwasu

1. hen, chicken

   Yrygwasu chape oje'e yrygwasu ndahugwáiriva pe. ― Hen chapé is the name given to tailless hens.

Derived terms

• yrygwasu me
• yrygwasu ra'y

 

Further reading

• Graciela Chamorro (2022) “yrygwasu”, in Dicionário kaiowá-português [Kaiwá–Portuguese Dictionary] (overall work in Portuguese), Belo Horizonte: Javali, →ISBN, page 553, column 2