Krusá

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings 
d'Abbeville (1614) Cruſſa

Etymology

    From krusá, borrowed from Portuguese cruz, from Old Galician-Portuguese cruz, from Latin crux, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-.

    Certainly a calque, possibly of Portuguese Crux. The native term, if it ever existed, is unknown.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [kɾuˈsa]
    • Rhymes: -a
    • Hyphenation: kru‧sá
    • Homophone: krusá

    Proper noun

    Krusá

    1. (Late Tupi, hapax legomenon, astronomy) Southern Cross (constellation)

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: Kurusá

    References

    • Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter LI, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L'Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 318: “Cruſſa”
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