Where does “gûyrasapukaîusu” come from?

gûyrasapukaîusu (Old Tupi) comes from Old Tupi gûyrasapukaîa, from Old Tupi -a, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ — instrumentalizer suffix.

gûyrasapukaîusu (Old Tupi): turkey any bird in the genus

Definitions

  1. turkey any bird in the genus

Ancestry of “gûyrasapukaîusu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupigûyrasapukaîarooster; hen (Gallus gallus domesticus)
2Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*-aβinstrumentalizer suffix
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβEvery word from Old Tupi -aEvery word from Old Tupi gûyrasapukaîa