Ararusuaîa
Old Tupi
Etymology
From arara (“macaw”) + -usu (“big”) + ûaîa (“tail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [a.ɾa.ɾu.suˈa.ja]
- Rhymes: -aja
- Hyphenation: A‧ra‧ru‧su‧a‧îa
Proper noun
Ararusuaîa
- (hapax legomenon) a male given name
References
- Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XXXII, 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 182v: “Ararouſouay [Ararusuaî(a)]”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “Ararusuaîa”, 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 60, column 1