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 (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 21, column 2