Where does “pakobusu” come from?

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

pakobusu (Old Tupi): plantain tree

Definitions

  1. plantain tree

Ancestry of “pakobusu”, step by step

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