yrygwasu

Kaiwá

Alternative forms

  • rygwasu

Etymology

Cognate with Guaraní ryguasu. Compare Old Tupi uru and -gûasu.

Noun

yrygwasu

  1. hen, chicken
    Yrygwasu chape oje'e yrygwasu ndahugwáiriva pe. ― Hen chapé is the name given to tailless hens.

Derived terms

  • yrygwasu me
  • yrygwasu ra'y

Further reading

  • Graciela Chamorro (2022) “yrygwasu”, in Dicionário kaiowá-português [Kaiwá–Portuguese Dictionary] (overall work in Portuguese), Belo Horizonte: Javali, →ISBN, page 553, column 2
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