so'ogûasurãîgûera

Old Tupi

Etymology

From so'o (“beast of venery”) +‎ -gûasu (“big”) +‎ rãî (“tooth”) +‎ gûer (“former”) +‎ -a, literally “big beast of venery's former tooth”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɔ.ʔɔ.ɡʷa.su.ɾãjˈɡʷɛ.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -ɛɾa
• Hyphenation: so‧'o‧gûa‧su‧rãî‧gûe‧ra

Noun

so'ogûasurãîgûera (?)

1. (hapax, Late Tupi) ivory (hard white form of dentin which forms the tusks of elephants)
   • 1622, “Marfim”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 32; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:

     Çooguaçûrãyguera.

     [So'ogûasurãîgûera.]