Kunhãûasutenhẽ

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings 
d'Abbeville (1614) Cougnan Ouässou teigné

Etymology

From kunhã (“woman”) +‎ -ûasu (augmentative suffix) +‎ tenhẽ (“in vain”), literally “big woman for nothing”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˌɲã.waˌsu.tɛˈɲɛ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɛ̃
  • Hyphenation: Ku‧nhã‧ûa‧su‧te‧nhẽ

Proper noun

Kunhãûasutenhẽ

  1. (hapax legomenon) a female given name
    • [1614, Claude d'Abbeville, chapter LVIII, 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 365:
      LE troiſieſme ſe nommoit Iapouäy natif de l'Iſle de Maragnan fils de Tangara, c'eſt à dire l'eſcaille d'huiſtre, & de Cougnan Ouäſſou teigné: ſa mere, c'eſt à dire la grande femme pour rien […]
      The third [Indian] is called “Iapouäy”, native of the Maranhão's island, son of “Tangara”, that is, “oyster shell”, and of “Kunhãûasutenhẽ”: his mother, that is to say, “big woman for nothing”.]

Further reading

  • Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956), Curso de tupi antigo: gramática, exercícios, textos [Course of Old Tupi: Grammar, Exercises, Texts] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José, page 174
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