Marakaûasu

Old Tupi

Etymology

From maraká (“rattle, maraca”) +‎ -ûasu (augmentative suffix), literally “big rattle, maraca”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ma.ɾa.ka.waˈsu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧ra‧ka‧ûa‧su
  • Homophone: marakagûasu

Proper noun

Marakaûasu

  1. (hapax legomenon) a male given name[1]

References

  1. ^ Jean de Léry (1578) chapter 20, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 351: “Maraca-ouaſſou [Marakaûasu]”
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