gûasunĩ

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡʷa.sũˈnĩ]
  • Rhymes: -ĩ
  • Hyphenation: gûa‧su‧nĩ

Noun

gûasunĩ (unpossessable)

  1. crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus)
    • Francisco Soares (1590–1596), “Raposo Guaçonĩ”, in De alguãs Cousas mais notaueis do brasil e de alguñs costumes dos Indios [Of some of Brazil's most notable things and some Indian customs] (overall work in Portuguese), page 43; republished as Antônio Geraldo da Cunha, compiler, Coisas Notáveis do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro: INL, 1966, page 119, line 1180: “Guaçonĩ [Gûasunĩ]”
    • Ambrósio Fernandes Brandão (1618), “Dialogo quinto”, in Diálogos das Grandezas do Brasil [Dialogues of Brazil's Greatnesses]; republished as João Capistrano de Abreu, Rodolpho Garcia, compilers, Rio de Janeiro: Officina Industrial Graphica, 1930, page 249: “guasuni [gûasunĩ]”

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: waxinĩ
  • → Portuguese: guaxinim

References

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