Kunhãûasutenhẽ

Old Tupi Alternative forms Cougnan Ouässou teigné Etymology tpw :af<lit:big woman for nothing> kunhã<t:woman> -gûasu<alt:-ûasu><pos:augmentative suffix> tenhẽ<t:in vain> ++ Pronunciation tpw /kuˌjãwaˌsuteˈjẽ/ [kũˌɲãwaˌsutɛ̃ˈɲɛ̃] tpw ẽ 6 Proper noun tpw proper noun tpw hapax tpw female LVIII 365 fr 1 LE troiſieſme ſe nommoit Iapouäy natif de l'Iſle de Maragnan fils de Tangara, c'eſt à dire l'eſcaille d'huiſtre, & de Cougnan Ouäſſou teigné: ſa mere, c'eſt à dire la grande femme pour rien The third Indian is called “Iapouäy”, native of the Maranhão's island, son of “Tangara”, that is, “oyster shell”, and of “Kunhãûasutenhẽ”: his mother, that is to say, “big woman for nothing”. Further reading 174