akaîu
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Old Tupi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akaju (“cashew”).[1]
Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní akaju and Tembé akazu.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
akaîu (unpossessable)
- cashew (Anacardium occidentale)
- Synonym: akaîueté
- cashew apple (accessory fruit of Anacardium occidentale)
- Synonym: akaîueté
- (broadly) any tree in the genus Anacardium and their fruit
- Ellipsis of akaîu'aîuba.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos[1] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Livraria São José
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “akaîu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 21, column 2