akaîu'aîuba
Old Tupi edit
Etymology edit
From akaîu (“cashew”) + 'aîuba (“ripening”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
akaîu'aîuba (possessable)
- (North Tupi) year
- 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter III, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica […], Livro Oitavo dos quatro novissimos do homen [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 163:
- Nã mbobi nho ruã acayû aiûbane, auyerámanhête.
- [Na mboby nhõ ruã 'akaîu'aîubane aûîeramanhẽte.]
- It won't be just some years, but forever.
Usage notes edit
As cashew trees fructify only once a year, it was a Tupian custom to keep the cashew nuts to record one's age.[1]
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 21, column 2