Ûaraûasu

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings 
d'Abbeville (1614) Ouära Ouäſſou

Etymology

From ûaraûasu (a fish of the family Carangidae).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [waˌɾa.waˈsu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: Ûa‧ra‧ûa‧su
  • Homophone: gûaragûasu

Proper noun

Ûaraûasu

  1. a male given name

References

  • Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter LVIII, 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 362: “Ouära Ouäſſou”
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