sûasuarana

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

  • sugûasuarana, sugûasuarana, susuarana, susurana, sygûasuarana

Etymology

By surface analysis, sûasu + ran + -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sʷaˌsu.aˈɾã.na]
  • Rhymes: -ãna
  • Hyphenation: sûa‧su‧a‧ra‧na

Noun

sûasuarana (unpossessable)

  1. 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

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