Ambu'aûasu

Old Tupi

Etymology

From ambu'a (“centipede”) +‎ -ûasu (augmentative suffix), literally “big centipede”.[1]

Proper noun

Ambu'aûasu

  1. (hapax legomenon) a male given name
    • [1614, Claude d'Abbeville, chapter XXXII, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L'Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 185:
      Le principal ſe nomme Ambouä-Ouäſſou, c'eſt le nom d'vne eſpece de cenille, & longue enuiron d'vn pied.
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References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “Ambu'aûasu”, 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 30, column 2
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