pirawasú

Nheengatu

Etymology

From pirá (“fish”) +‎ -wasú (augmentative suffix), literally “big fish”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [piˌɾa.waˈsu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ra‧wa‧sú

Noun

pirawasú (plural pirawasú-itá)

  1. (archaic) whale
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References

  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “pirawasú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 610
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