akaîu

Old Tupi

akaîu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akaju (“cashew”).

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní akaju and Tembé akazu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kaˈju/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: a‧ka‧îu

Noun

akaîu (unpossessable)

1. cashew (Anacardium occidentale)

   Synonym: akaîueté

2. cashew apple (accessory fruit of Anacardium occidentale)

   Synonym: akaîueté

3. (broadly) any tree in the genus Anacardium and their fruit
4. Ellipsis of akaîu'aîuba.

Derived terms

• akaîu 'y
• akaîu'akaîá
• akaîu'aîuba
• akaîu'yba
• akaîu'ĩ
• akaîueté
• akaîukatinga
• akaîukaûĩ
• akaîupiranga
• akaîutĩ
• akaîuûasu

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: akayú
• → Portuguese: caju, acaju
  • → French: acajou
    • → English: cashew

Further reading

• Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos‎^[1] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “akaîu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 21, column 2