-gûasu

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

guasu, ûasu, wasu, guaçu, guassu (obsolete, proscribed)
-ûasu
-usu (with paroxitones)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wat͡su, *-at͡su, from Proto-Tupian *atu.[1]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní guaxu and Guaraní guasu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡwaˈsu/, [(ɡ)ʷaˈsu]
Rhymes: -u
Hyphenation: -gûa‧su

Suffix

-gûasu

forms the augmentative of nouns
much; many
very

Usage notes

-ûasu/-gûasu was the form used after a word ending in a stressed vowel; otherwise it would be -usu.

Derived terms

Old Tupi terms suffixed with -gûasu

Descendants

Nheengatu: -wasú
→ Portuguese: -açu, -guaçu

References

Andrey Nikulin (2020) Proto-Macro-Jê: um estudo reconstrutivo‎ (in Portuguese), Brasília: UnB

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2005) Método Moderno de Tupi Antigo: a língua do Brasil dos primeiros séculos‎ (in Portuguese), 3 edition, São Paulo: Global Editora, →ISBN, pages 125–126, 382–383
Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013), “-ûasu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 152–153

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