Where does “gûaragûasu” come from?

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

gûaragûasu (Old Tupi): a fish of the family Carangidae

Definitions

  1. a fish of the family Carangidae

Ancestry of “gûaragûasu”, step by step

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