Inĩgûasu

Old Tupi

Etymology

From inĩ (“hammock”) +‎ -gûasu (augmentative suffix), literally “big hammock”.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ĩ.nĩ.ɡʷaˈsu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: I‧nĩ‧gûa‧su

Proper noun

Inĩgûasu

  1. (hapax legomenon) a male given name
    • 1627, Vicente do Salvador, “Do principio da rebellião, e guerras do Gentio da Parahiba [Of the beginning of the rebellion and wars of Paraíba's natives]” (chapter 22), in Historia do Brasil, volume 3 (in Portuguese), Salvador; republished as Capistrano de Abreu, editor, Historia do Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: Typ. de G. Leuzinger & Filhos, 1889, page 96:
      […] este indo a huma aldêa da Capaôba com seus resgates, se agasalhou em hum rancho de hum principal grande chamado Iniguasú, que quer dizer «rede grande», e se namorou de huma filha sua […]
      This [man], going to the village of Capaôba with his ransom, lodged in the hut of a great chieftain called Inĩgûasu, which means “big hammock”, and fell in love with one of his daughters.

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “Inĩgûasu”, 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 187, column 1
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