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Krusá
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Old Tupi
Alternative forms
Crussa
Etymology
tpw Southern Cross tpw:krusá<id:cross> ++
Certainly a calque, possibly of tpw pt Crux 1. The native term, if it ever existed, is possibly unknown.
Pronunciation
tpw [kɾuˈsa]
tpw a 2
tpw krusá
Proper noun
tpw proper noun
tpw Late Tupi hapax constellation Southern Cross constellation
Descendants
yrl Kurusá
References
LI 318 Cruſſa
tpw terms with consonant clusters