cupuaçu

See also: cupuaçú, cupu-açu, cupu-açú, and cupú-açú

Portuguese

cupuaçu

Alternative forms

alternative forms

• cupuaçú (obsolete)
• cupuassu (obsolete)
• cupuassú (obsolete)
• cupu-açu (obsolete)
• cupu-açú (obsolete)
• cupú-açú (obsolete)
• cupu-assu (obsolete)
• cupu-assú (obsolete)
• cupú-assú (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Tupi *kupu'y

Proto-Tupian *-at͡ʃu

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-wat͡ʃu

Old Tupi -gûasu

Old Tupi kupu'yûasu

Nheengatu kupuasúbor.

Portuguese cupuaçu

Borrowed from Nheengatu kupuasú, from Old Tupi kupu'yûasu.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ku.pu.aˈsu/ [ku.pʊ.aˈsu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.pu.aˈsu/

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: cu‧pu‧a‧çu

Noun

cupuaçu m (plural cupuaçus) (Brazil)

1. cupuassu (Theobroma grandiflorum, a tree of South America)

   Synonym: cupuaçuzeiro

2. the fruit of the cupuassu tree, used to make a confectionery similar to chocolate

Derived terms

• cupuaçuzeiro
• cupulate

 

Descendants

• → English: cupuassu
• → Spanish: cupuazú