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Old Tupi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ut͡ʃa (“crab”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈsa/
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: u‧sá
Noun
usá (female equivalent kunduru) (unpossessable)
- fiddler crab (Uca sp.)
- swamp ghost crab (Ucides cordatus)
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Further reading
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “usá”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 503, column 2
- Nelson Papavero, Dante Martins Teixeira (2014) “Catálogo da fauna da costa brasileira no século XVI com os nomes tupis registrados pelos autores europeus”, in Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 291
- ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Capítulo III - Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos”, in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 203, line 670
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
usá m (plural usás)
- Alternative form of uçá
Spanish
Verb
usá
- second-person singular voseo imperative of usar