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Old Tupi
Etymology
Possibly from ará + -gûasu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: A‧ra‧gûa‧su
Proper noun
Aragûasu
- (hapax) a male given name
References
- Joseph of Anchieta (16th century) (overall work in Portuguese); republished as chapter XXXIII, in Júlio Afrânio Peixoto, compiler, Cartas, informações, fragmentos historicos e sermões [Letters, information, historical fragments and sermons] (Cartas jesuiticas; 3), Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, 1933, page 448: “Araguaçú [Aragûasu]”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Aragûasu”, 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