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Mbyá Guaraní
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: gua‧xu
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wat͡su / *-at͡su, from Proto-Tupian *atu.
Cognate with Guaraní guasu.
Adjective
guaxu
- big
Adverb
guaxu
- very
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡ʃɨ-wat͡ʃu, from Proto-Tupian *ɨt͡ʃɨ.
Cognate with Guaraní guasu.
Noun
guaxu
- deer (any animal of the Cervidae family)
References
- Robert A. Dooley (2016 August) “guaxu”, in Léxico guarani, dialeto mbyá: guarani-português (overall work in Portuguese), Anápolis: SIL Brasil, page 49