Where does “-wasú” come from?

-wasú (Nheengatu) comes from Old Tupi -gûasu, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-wat͡ʃu — augmentative suffix.

-wasú (Nheengatu): big

Definitions

  1. big

Ancestry of “-wasú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupi-gûasucombining form of gûasu; big
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*-wat͡ʃuaugmentative suffix

Words derived from “-wasú”

Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-wat͡ʃu →Every word from Old Tupi -gûasu →