pûãgûasu

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *poãgʷatʃu.[1] By surface analysis, pûã (“finger”) +‎ -gûasu (“big”).[2]

Cognate with Guaraní kuãngusu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pwã.ɡwaˈsu/, [pʷã.ɡʷaˈsu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: pûã‧gûa‧su

Noun

pûãgûasu (possessable, absolute mûãgûasu)

  1. thumb

Coordinate terms

terms for fingers: pûãedit

References

  1. ^ Mello, Antônio Augusto Souza (2000), “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos [Lexical reconstructions and cognates]” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais [Historical study of the Tupi-Guarani language family: phonological and lexical aspects]‎[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC
  2. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “pûã”, 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, pages 406–407
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