kupu'yûasu

Old Tupi

kupu'yûasu

Etymology

From *kupu'y (“cupuí”) +‎ -ûasu (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ku.puˌʔɨ.waˈsu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ku‧pu‧'y‧ûa‧su

Noun

kupu'yûasu (unpossessable)

1. (North Tupi) cupuassu (Theobroma grandiflorum)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: kupuasú
  • → Brazilian Portuguese: cupuaçu
    • → English: cupuassu
    • → Spanish: cupuazú
  • → Curripaco: kopowaso
  • → Tariana: kupuasú
  • → Yuhup: kupuwasú

References

• Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XXXVIII, in Histoire de la Mission des Peres Capucins en Lªisle de Maragnan et terres circonuoisines […] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 222v: “Copouih Ouaſſou [Kupu'yûasu]”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kupu'yûasu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 243, column 2