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akaîu

Old Tupi

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akaîu

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akaju.

    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

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    akaîu (?)

    1. (hapax) cashew tree (Anacardium occidentale)[1]
      Synonyms: akaîueté, akaîu'yba
    2. cashew apple (accessory fruit of Anacardium occidentale)[2][3][4]
      Synonym: akaîueté
      • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter VII, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Sexto do Confessionário [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 104v:
        29.p. Nde agoâçape coîr?
        30.p. Mbobîpe Iaci canhémi, coipô acajú ajubamo cecè nderecoreme meme?
        [29.p[ergunta]. Nde agûasápe ko'yr?
        30.p[ergunta]. Mbobype îasy kanhemi koîpó akaîu 'aîubamo sesé nde rekó memẽ?]
        29th question: Where you adulterous today?
        30th question: How many times did the moon go down and the cashews ripe with this same condition?
      • 1622, anonymous author, “Uinho de uuas”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 146; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
        Acajuig […]
        [Akaîu'y […] ]
        Cashew liquor.
    3. (broadly) any tree in the genus Anacardium and their fruit

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    1. ^ André Thevet (1557–1558) chapter 61, in Les singularitez de la France Antarctique [The singularities of France Antarctique] (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Maurice de La Porte, page 120: “Acaïous [Akaîu]”
    2. ^ Jean de Léry (1578) chapter XIII, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 205: “Acaiou [Akaîu]”
    3. ^ 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]”
    4. ^ Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Historiae Plantarum, book III, chapter II (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 94: “Acaiû [Akaîu]”
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