ygûasu

Old Tupi

Etymology

From y (“water, river”) +‎ -gûasu (“big”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɨɣʷaˈsu/

Noun

ygûasu

  1. river[1]

Descendants

  • →? Portuguese: Iguaçu
    • → German: Iguaçu
    • → English: Iguazu, Iguaçu, Iguassu
    • → French: Iguaçu

References

  1. ^ anonymous author (1622) “Rio, gnlr.”, 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 106: “Iggoaçû”
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