sygûasumẽ
Old Tupi
Alternative forms
- syûasumẽ
Etymology
Coined by Spanish Jesuit missionary Joseph of Anchieta, from sygûasu (“deer”) + mẽ (“baa, cry of a goat”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɨ.ɣʷa.suˈmɛ̃/
- Rhymes: -ɛ̃
- Hyphenation: sy‧gûa‧su‧mẽ
Descendants
- Nheengatu: suasumé
Further reading
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013), “sygûasumẽ”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 450, columns 1–2
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