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Guaraní
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wat͡su / *-at͡su, from Proto-Tupian *atu.[1]
Cognate with Old Tupi -gûasu.
Adjective
guasu
- big
Adverb
guasu
- very
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃɨ-wat͡ʃu, from Proto-Tupian *ɨt͡ʃɨ.[2][3]
Cognate with Old Tupi sûasu.
Noun
guasu
- deer (any animal of the Cervidae family)
References
- ^ Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB
- ^ Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues (2007) “As consoantes do proto-tupí”, in Aryon d'Alligna Rodrigues, Ana Suelly Arruda Câmara Cabral, editors, Línguas e culturas tupí, 1 edition, volume 1, Campinas: Curt Nimuendajú, pages 167–204
- ^ Beatriz Carretta Corrêa da Silva (2010) Mawé/Awetí/Tupí-Guaraní: relações linguísticas e implicações históricas (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB