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Aûsub
verbPronunciation: /a.uˈsub/
In Portuguese: Aûsub
Culture & IdentityWhat does “Aûsub” mean?
An Old Tupi transitive verb meaning to love, care for, or hold someone in deep esteem.
Etymology
From Old Tupi, the language of the Brazilian coast in the 16th and 17th centuries, known through the grammars, catechisms and poems written by Jesuit missionaries. Aûsub is the verb root meaning "to love, to hold dear". It is a transitive verb and, in the texts, it appears with the person and object markers of Tupi grammar attached. The letter û of the modern scholarly spelling stands for the semivowel w. The root belongs to the Tupi-Guarani family; the Guarani verb hayhu, "to love", is regarded as its cognate.
Usage note
A word of a language no longer spoken, quoted in its original form. The û is a glide, so the first syllable sounds like the ow of "how", and the stress falls on the last syllable.
Word family
Usage examples
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