iwituwasú

Nheengatu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [i.wiˌtu.waˈsu]

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi ybytugûasu. By surface analysis, iwitú (“wind”) +‎ -wasú (“big”).

Noun

iwituwasú (plural iwituwasú-itá)

  1. gale, windstorm
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.