akaîu
Old Tupi
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Etymology
editInherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akaju (“cashew”).[1]
Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní akaju and Tembé akazu.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editakaîu (unpossessable)
- cashew (Anacardium occidentale)
- cashew apple (accessory fruit of Anacardium occidentale)[2]
- Synonym: akaîueté
- (broadly) any tree in the genus Anacardium and their fruit
Derived terms
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editReferences
edit- ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 152, line 17
- ^ Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XXXVII, 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 217: “Acaiou [Akaîu]”
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “akaîu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: the classical indigenous language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 21, column 2