sûasuarana
Old Tupi
Alternative forms
- sugûasuarana, sugûasuarana, susuarana, susurana, sygûasuarana
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sʷaˌsu.aˈɾã.na]
- Rhymes: -ãna
- Hyphenation: sûa‧su‧a‧ra‧na
Noun
sûasuarana (unpossessable)
- cougar (Puma concolor)
- Synonym: îagûapytangusu
- 1622, “Onça, ou tigre”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 56; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
- Cigoaçuarana: Jaguapitâguçû […]
- [Sygûasuarana: Îagûapytangusu […] ]
Descendants
- Nheengatu: suasuarana
- → Brazilian Portuguese: suçuarana
References
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sûasuarana”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 446, column 1
- Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, , →ISBN, →ISSN, page 248
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