agûaragûasu

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

aûaraûasu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *awarawat͡su. By surface analysis, agûará +‎ -gûasu (“big”).

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní aguara guasu, aguarasu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ɡwaˌɾa.ɡwaˈsu/, [a.ɡʷaˌɾa.ɡʷaˈsu]
Rhymes: -u
Hyphenation: a‧gûa‧ra‧gûa‧su

Noun

agûaragûasu (unpossessable)

maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
Synonym: agûará

Descendants

→ Portuguese: aguaraçu

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “agûaragûasu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 14, column 1

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