akaîu'aîuba
Old Tupi
editEtymology
editFrom akaîu (“cashew”) + 'aîuba (“ripening”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editakaîu'aîuba (possessable)
- (North Tupi) year
- 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter III, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], 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
editAs 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 [Dictionary of Old Tupi: the classical indigenous language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 21, column 2