so'ogûasurãîgûera

Old Tupi

Etymology

From so'o (“beast of venery”) +‎ -gûasu (“big”) +‎ ãîa (“tooth”) +‎ pûer (“former”) +‎ -a, literally “the former tooth of a big beast of venery”.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɔˌʔɔ.ɡwaˌsuˌɾãjˈɡwɛ.ɾa/, [sɔˌʔɔ.ɡʷaˌsuˌɾãjˈɡʷɛ.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -ɛɾa
  • Hyphenation: so‧'o‧gûa‧su‧rãî‧gûe‧ra

Noun

so'ogûasurãîgûera (possessable)

  1. ivory (hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants)

References
  1. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013), “so'ogûasurãîgûera”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 445, column 1
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