Meîrugûasu

Old Tupi

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *meru
Old Tupi meru
Proto-Tupian *-at͡ʃu
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-wat͡ʃu
Old Tupi -gûasu
Old Tupi Meîrugûasu

    According to Navarro, from meru (“fly”) +‎ -gûasu (augmentative suffix),[1] but the ⟨î⟩ is unexplained.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /mɛjɾuɡwaˈsu/

    Proper noun

    Meîrugûasu

    1. (hapax legomenon) a male given name
      • [1663, Simão de Vasconcellos, Chronica da Companhia de Jesu do Estado do Brasil [Chronicle of the State of Brazil's Society of Jesus], Noticias antecedentes (book II) (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Henrique Valente de Oliveira, page 98, column 2, line 2:
        Da meſma maneira dos Potigoares, hum antiguo Potigoaçú, Guiràopina, Arârúna, Cerobabé, Meirúguaçu, Ibátatá, Abaiquija, todos famoſos, & Principaes de grandes Pouos […]
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    References

    1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “Meîrugûasu”, 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 275, column 1
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