gûarugûá

== Old Tupi == === Alternative forms === arugûá, aruá, ûaruá === Etymology === Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from Middle French miroir. First attested in 1578. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [wa.ɾuˈwa] Rhymes: -a Hyphenation: gûa‧ru‧gûá === Noun === gûarugûá (possessable) (Late Tupi) mirror (smooth reflecting surface) ==== Derived terms ==== esagûarugûá ==== Descendants ==== Nheengatu: waruá→ Emerillon: waruwa→ Wayampi: warua → Kariri: waruá (Kipeá) === References === anonymous author (1622), “Espelho”, 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 126: “Goarugua”