tatuûasu

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tatuwat͡su. By surface analysis, tatu (“armadillo”) +‎ -ûasu (“big”).[1]

Cognate with Guaraní tatu guasu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.tu.waˈsu/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: ta‧tu‧ûa‧su
  • Homophone: Tatuûasu

Noun

tatuûasu (unpossessable)

  1. giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus)

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: tatuwasú
  • → Portuguese: tatu-açu

References

  1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “tatuûasu”, 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, pages 468–469
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