gûarugûá

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from Middle French miroir. First attested in 1578.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [wa.ɾuˈwa]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: gûa‧ru‧gûá

Noun

gûarugûá (possessable)

  1. (Late Tupi) mirror (smooth reflecting surface)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: waruá
    • → Emerillon: waruwa
    • → Wayampi: warua

References

  1. ^ Frederico G. Edelweiss (1969) chapter I, in Estudos tupis e tupi-guaranis: confrontos e revisões‎[1] (in Portuguese), pages 182, 227, and 228
  • anonymous author (1622) “Espelho”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 126: “Goarugua”
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