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Old Tupi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Rhymes: -ãna
- Hyphenation: sûa‧su‧a‧ra‧na
Noun
sûasuarana (unpossessable)
- cougar (Puma concolor)
- Synonym: îagûapytangusu
Coordinate terms
- (felids) îagûara (îagûarakangusu, îagûareté, *îagûaruna, îagûarusu), marakaîá (bixana, *îagûatyryka, marakaîaeté, marakaîagûasu, marakaîamimbaba, marakaîamirĩ), sûasuarana (îagûapytangusu)
Descendants
References
- Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XLI, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 251v: “Souaſſouaran [Sûasuaran]”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “sûasuarana”, 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 446, column 1
- Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupian zoonymy in 16th century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 250