ygarusu

Old Tupi

Etymology

From ygara (“canoe”) +‎ -usu (“big”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɨ.ɣa.ɾuˈsu/

Noun

ygarusu

ship
Peroetá ygarusu pupé opytá.
Many Portugueses stayed inside the ships.

Descendants

→ Portuguese: Igarassu, Igaraçu

References

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ygarusu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 526, column 1

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