ygarusu

Old Tupi

Etymology

From ygara (“canoe”) +‎ -usu (“big”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɨ.ɣa.ɾuˈsu/

Noun

ygarusu

1. ship

   Peroetá ygarusu pupé opytá.

   Many Portugueses stayed inside the ships.

Descendants

• → Portuguese: Igarassu, Igaraçu

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “ygarusu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 526, column 1