Taîasu

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings 
d'Abbeville (1614) Tayaſſou

Etymology

From taîasu (the animal, not the plant).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ta.jaˈsu], [ta.ʒaˈsu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: Ta‧îa‧su
  • Homophone: taîasu

Proper noun

Taîasu

  1. a male given name

References

  • Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XXXII, 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 184: “Tayaſſou”
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