baîaku

Old Tupi

baîaku

Alternative forms

• gûamaîaku, gûambaîaku, maîaku

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βa.jaˈku/, [β̞a.jaˈku]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ba‧îa‧ku

Noun

baîaku (unpossessable)

1. blowfish; porcupinefish (any species of fish in the order Tetraodontiformes that have the ability to inflate themselves to a globe)

Related terms

• gûamaîaku'atinga
• gûamaîakuapé
• gûamaîakugûará
• gûamaîakukuruba
• gûambaîakuaté
• gûambaîakuatĩ

 

Descendants

• Nheengatu: mamayakú
• → Portuguese: baiacu, baiagu

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “baîaku”, 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 79, column 1