ryguasu

Paraguayan Guarani

Etymology

Cognate with Kaiwá yrygwasu. Compare Old Tupi uru and -gûasu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɾɨ.ɰʷaˈsu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: ry‧gua‧su

Noun

ryguasu (plural ryguasukuéra, masculine kupyju or ryguasume)

  1. hen, chicken
    Ame'ẽ ko ryguasu ndéve. ― I gave you this hen.

References

  • Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “ryguasu”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 99, column 2
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