-gûasu

Old Tupi Alternative forms tpw -ûasu tpw -usu with paroxitones Etymology tpw augmentative suffix :inh tup-gua-pro:*-wat͡ʃu<id:augmentative suffix> ++ suffix Cognate with gun guaxu and gug guasu. Pronunciation tpw [ɡʷaˈsu] tpw u 2 Suffix tpw suffix augmentative suffixes forms the augmentative of nouns tpw paranã -gûasu paranãgûasu sea ocean big sea pirâgoaçû piragûasu Big fish. V 13 Oçoquendab aêcaramemoã itá / goaçupepè. Osokendab a'e karamemûã itagûasu pupé. They sealed that tomb with a big stone. 64v XI Do que paſsou deſpois, &c. 3 much; many Lourenço 142 698–702 Ycaõygoaçu pipo / xeramũya jaguaruna? / eneĩ taçobeipo, / eri, auyete paco / ayeguac uinhemouna I kaûĩgûasupipó / xe ramũîa Îagûaruna? / Ene'ĩ! T'asabeypó! / Erĩ! Aûîeté pakó, / aîegûak ûinhemoúna... By the way, does my grandpa Jaguaruna have much cauim? Come on! I'm gonna get drunk! Wait! Actually, I must adorn myself with black paint... 718 very; a lot Xequerambuguaçû Xe kerambugûasu I snore a lot. 2 108 Usage notes -ûasu/-gûasu was the form used after a word ending in a stressed vowel; otherwise it would be -usu. Derived terms tpw Descendants yrl -wasú 1 pt -açu -guaçu 1 References 3 125–126, 382–383 -ûasu 492–493