Îuraytaûasu

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings 
d'Abbeville (1614) Ioura-euta-Ouäſſou

Etymology

From îurá (“jirau”) +‎ ytá (“post”) +‎ -ûasu (augmentative suffix), literally “big posts of a jirau”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [juˌɾa.ɨˌta.waˈsu], [ʒuˌɾa.ɨˌta.waˈsu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: Îu‧ra‧y‧ta‧ûa‧su

Proper noun

Îuraytaûasu

  1. a male given name

References

  • Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XXXIV, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L'Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 188: “Ioura-euta-Ouäſſou”
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