guasu

Guaraní

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /waˈsu/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wat͡su／*-at͡su, from Proto-Tupian *atu.[1]

Cognate with Old Tupi -gûasu.

Adjective

guasu

  1. big

Adverb

guasu

  1. very

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃɨ-wat͡ʃu, from Proto-Tupian *ɨt͡ʃɨ.[2][3]

Cognate with Old Tupi sûasu.

Noun

guasu

  1. deer (any animal of the Cervidae family)

References
  1. Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
  2. Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues (2007) “As consoantes do proto-tupí”, in Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues, Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral, editors, Línguas e culturas tupí‎, 1 edition, volume 1, Campinas: Curt Nimuendajú, pages 167–204
  3. Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.