Where does “pirawasú” come from?

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

pirawasú (Nheengatu): whale

Definitions

  1. whale

Ancestry of “pirawasú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nheengatu-wasúbig
2Old Tupi-gûasucombining form of gûasu; big
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*-wat͡ʃuaugmentative suffix
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-wat͡ʃu →Every word from Old Tupi -gûasu →Every word from Nheengatu -wasú →