ybytugûasu

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings 
VLB (1622) igbigtuguaçu / igbigtuguaçû

Etymology

From ybytu (wind) +‎ -gûasu (augmentative suffix), literally big wind.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɨ.βɨˌtu.waˈsu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: y‧by‧tu‧gûa‧su

Noun

ybytugûasu (?)

  1. gale, windstorm
    • 1557, Hans Staden, chapter 37, in Warhaftige Hiſtoria [True History], volume 1 (overall work in German), Marburg: Andreas Kolbe, unnumbered page:
      Apo Meiren geuppaw y wittu wasu Jmmou.
      [Aîpó mairangaîpaba ybytuûasu omoú.]
      That wicked Frenchman made the gale come.
  2. (hapax legomenon) thunderstorm

Synonyms

  • ybytuaíba

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: iwituwasú

References

  • anonymous author (1622) “Tempestade de uento”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 125:Igbigtuguaçû [Ybytugûasu]
  • anonymous author (1622) “Tormenta de uento”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 132:Igbigtuguaçû [Ybytugûasu]
  • anonymous author (1622) “Toruoada”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 133:Igbigtuguaçu [Ybytugûasu]
  • Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ybytu”, 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 524, column 2