paranawasú

Nheengatu

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Tupi paranãgûasu, from paranã + -gûasu. By surface analysis, paraná (“river”) +‎ -wasú (“big”).

    Noun

    paranawasú (plural paranawasú-itá)

    1. the main river in a drainage basin
    2. a flooded river during rainy season
    3. (metonymic) rainy season; winter
      Synonym: amana-ara
    4. sea; ocean
      Synonyms: paraná, parawasú, pará
    5. (archaic) bay (body of water contained by a concave shoreline)

    Derived terms

    References

    • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “paranawasú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 581
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