Kûarasyîuba

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Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings
Knivet (1591) Quarasips iuca / Quarisisacupa

Etymology

From kûarasy (Sun) +‎ îub (yellow) +‎ -a (nominal suffix), literally yellow Sun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): ,
  • Rhymes: -uβa
  • Hyphenation: Kûa‧ra‧sy‧îu‧ba

Proper noun

Kûarasyîuba

  1. (hapax) a male given name

References

  • Antonie Knivet (1591) “The admirable aduentures and ſtrange fortunes of Maſter Antonie Knivet, which went with Maſter Thomas Candish in his ſecond voyage to the South Sea”, in Samuel Purchas, editor, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes, part IV, book VI, chapter VII § 2 (overall work in English), London: H. Fetherston, published 1625, page 1210:Quarasips iuca [Kûarasyîuba]
  • Antonie Knivet (1591) “The admirable aduentures and ſtrange fortunes of Maſter Antonie Knivet, which went with Maſter Thomas Candish in his ſecond voyage to the South Sea”, in Samuel Purchas, editor, Pvrchas his Pilgrimes, part IV, book VI, chapter VII § 2 (overall work in English), London: H. Fetherston, published 1625, page 1211:Quarisisacupa [Kûarasyîuba]
  • Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Kûarasyîuba”, 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 237, column 1