taîasu

== Old Tupi == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ta.jaˈsu] Rhymes: -u Hyphenation: ta‧îa‧su Homophone: Taîasu === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tajat͡ʃu. Cognate with Mbya Guarani tajaxu. ==== Noun ==== taîasu (unpossessable, female equivalent taîasukunhã) collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) Synonyms: taîasupytá, taîtetu (Late Tupi, hapax legomenon) white-lipped peccary (Tayassu pecari) Synonyms: taîasuka'aygûara, taîasueté, taîasutirika (Late Tupi) domestic pig (Sus scrofa domestica) Synonym: taîasugûaîa ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Nheengatu: tayasú → Brazilian Portuguese: taiaçu → Translingual: Tayassu, Pecari tajacu === Etymology 2 === ==== Alternative forms ==== taîaûasu ==== Noun ==== taîasu (?) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: a plant of the genus Xanthosoma a plant of the genus Ipomoea === References === Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “taîasu”, 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 457, column 2 Papavero, Nelson; Teixeira, Dante Martins (2014), Zoonímia tupi nos escritos quinhentistas europeus [Tupi zoonymy in the 16th-century European writings] (Arquivos NEHiLP; 3) (in Portuguese), São Paulo: FFLCH-USP, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 248–249