'Ypa'ũgûasu

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

  • 'Ypa'ũûasu
Historical spellings 
Staden (1557) Ippaun wasu
VLB (1622) Igpaũguaçû

Etymology

From 'ypa'ũ (“island”) +‎ -gûasu (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔɨ.pãˌʔũ.waˈsu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: 'Y‧pa‧'ũ‧gûa‧su

Proper noun

'Ypa'ũgûasu

  1. An island in São Vicente Captaincy, equivalent to modern-day Ilha Grande, Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

References

  • Hans Staden (1557) chapter 41, in Warhaftige Hiſtoria [True History], volume 1 (overall work in German), Marburg: Andreas Kolbe, unnumbered page: “Ippaun wasu”
  • anonymous author (1622) “Jlha grande”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 9: “Igpaũguaçû”
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