sikurigûasu

Old Tupi

Etymology

From sikuri (“school shark”) +‎ -gûasu (augmentative suffix), literally “big school shark”.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: si‧ku‧ri‧gûa‧su

Noun

sikurigûasu (unpossessable) (Língua Geral Paulista)

  1. (hapax legomenon) whale
    Synonym: pirapu'ã

References

  • anonymous author (18th century), “Balêa”, in Língua geral dos índios das Américas [General language of the Indians of the Americas]‎[1] (overall work in Portuguese and Língua Geral Paulista), page 5, line 290: “ſicuri guaçû”
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