abaregûasu

== Old Tupi == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === From abaré (“priest”) +‎ -gûasu (augmentative suffix), literally “big priest”. === Noun === abaregûasu (unpossessable) (Christianity) Any clergyman of a rank higher than a priest, such as a bishop or prelate. Synonym: abaré rubixaba ==== Descendants ==== → Brazilian Portuguese: abaré-guaçu === References === anonymous author (1622), “Abade, ou Prelado [Abbot or Prelate]”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 17: “Abarêguaçú” === Further reading === Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “abaregûasu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 8, column 1