gûyrasapukaîusu

== Old Tupi == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === From gûyrasapukaîa (“rooster”) +‎ -usu (augmentative suffix), literally “big rooster”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [wɨˌɾa.sa.puˌka.juˈsu], [wɨˌɾa.sa.puˌka.ʒuˈsu] Rhymes: -u Hyphenation: gûy‧ra‧sa‧pu‧ka‧îu‧su === Noun === gûyrasapukaîusu (unpossessable) (Late Tupi, hapax legomenon) turkey (any bird in the genus Meleagris) === References === anonymous author (1622), “Galipauo. Perû”, 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 146: “Guîraçapucayuçû [Gûyrasapukaîusu]” Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “gûyrasapukaîusu”, 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 140, column 2