agûaragûasu
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Old Tupi[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *awarawat͡su. By surface analysis, agûará + -gûasu (“big”).
Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní aguara guasu, aguarasu.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
agûaragûasu (unpossessable)
- maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
- Synonym: agûará
Descendants[edit]
- → Portuguese: aguaraçu
Further reading[edit]
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “agûaragûasu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 14, column 1