Ararusuaîa

Old Tupi

Etymology

From arara (“macaw”) +‎ -usu (“big”) +‎ ûaîa (“tail”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a.ɾa.ɾu.suˈa.ja]
  • Rhymes: -aja
  • Hyphenation: A‧ra‧ru‧su‧a‧îa

Proper noun

Ararusuaîa

  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 182v:
      Le ſecond eſt Ararouſouay, qui ſignifie la queuë d'vn Ara, oyſeau rouge meſlé de diuerſes couleurs.
      The second [chieftain] is Ararusuaî[a], which means “the tail of an ara”, a red bird mixed with various colors.]

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “Ararusuaîa”, 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 60, column 1
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