Soûerusu
Old Tupi
Etymology
From soba (“leaf”) + pûera (“old”) + -usu (augmentative suffix), literally “big fallen leaf”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sɔ.wɛ.ɾuˈsu]
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: So‧ûe‧ru‧su
Proper noun
Soûerusu
- a male given name
References
- Hans Staden (1557) chapter 52, in Warhaftige Hiſtoria [True History], volume 1 (overall work in German), Marburg: Andreas Kolbe, unnumbered page: “Sowaraſu”
- 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: “Soouar-ouſſou”