Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ku.ɾuˈsa]
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: ku‧ru‧sá
Noun
kurusá (possessable)
- (Christianity, Late Tupi) cross
- Synonyms: îoasaba, ybyrá, ybyraîekunasaba
16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, compiled by Eduardo de Almeida Navarro and Helder Perri Ferreira, Poemas: lírica portuguesa e tupi (Poetas do Brasil; 5), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, published 2004, →ISBN, page 122:O ati'yba ri kurusá osupi.- On his own shoulder he lifts the cross.