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Old Tupi
Etymology
From paranã (“sea”) + -gûasu (“big”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa.ɾã.nã.ɡwaˈsu/,
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧nã‧gûa‧su
Noun
paranãgûasu (possessable)
- ocean
16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, “Trilogia” (chapter 7), in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, Helder Perri Ferreira, compilers, Poemas: lírica portuguesa e tupi (Poetas do Brasil; 5), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, published 2004, →ISBN, page 114, lines 50–55:Paranãgûasu rasapa
aîu, nde repîá potá.
Eîori, oté raûsuba!
T'e'ikatu nde kuapa
xe ruba Tupinambá!- I came, crossing the ocean, wanting to see you. Come to pity us! May my father Tupinambá can meet you!
1618, Antônio de Araújo, “Dialogo Quinto. Do Sacramento da Penitencia” (chapter VII), in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica, Livro Quinto do Cathecismo, e summa da Doctrina Christam (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 91:Baè baèpiã teõ çuî nheangoâbo / Guarininamoçô, paranágoâçu raçâbano.- [Mba'emba'epiã te'õ suí nheangûaba? / Gûaranĩnamo só, paranãgûasu rasabano.]
- What are, by chance, the times to fear death? / Going to war, crossing the ocean too.
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