sûasutinga
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Old Tupi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, sûasu (“deer”) + ting (“white”) + -a.
Cognate with Guaraní guasu tĩ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sûasutinga (unpossessable)
Descendants
[edit]- Nheengatu: suasú-tinga
- → Brazilian Portuguese: suaçutinga
References
[edit]- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sûasutinga”, 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 446, column 1
- Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus [16th century catalogue of the Brazilian coast's fauna as documented by European authors]”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, , →ISBN, →ISSN, page 248