paranãgûasu

Old Tupi

Etymology

    From paranã (“sea”) +‎ -gûasu (“big”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /pa.ɾã.nã.ɡwaˈsu/, [pa.ɾã.nã.ɡʷaˈsu]
    • Rhymes: -u
    • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧nã‧gûa‧su

    Noun

    paranãgûasu (possessable)

    1. ocean
      • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Outra” (chapter XXXI), in [livrinho de variaſ poeziaſ] [Booklet of various poems], page 31v, lines 50–54; republished as Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, compiler, Poesias, São Paulo, 1956, page 71:
        Paranagoaçu raçapa / aju derepiapota / ejori orerauçubâ / Tej catu de cuapa / Xeruba Tupinãba.
        [Paranãgûasu rasapa / aîu nde repîá potá / eîori oté raûsuba / T'e'ikatu nde kuapa / Xe ruba Tupinambá.]
        I came, crossing the ocean, wanting to see you. Come to pity us! May my father Tupinambá can meet you!
      • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Dialogo Quinto. Do Sacramento da Penitencia” (chapter VII), in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Quinto do Cathecismo, e summa da Doctrina Christam [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 91:
        Baè baèpiã teõ çuî nheangoâbo / Guarininamoçô, paranágoâçu raçâbano.
        [Mba'emba'epiã te'õ suí nheangûaba? / Gûaranĩnamo só, paranãgûasu rasabano.]
        What are, by chance, the times to fear death? Going to war, crossing the ocean too.

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: paranawasú
    • Portuguese: Paranaguaçu

    References

    1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “paranãgûasu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 372, column 1
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