Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/akaju

This Proto-Tupi-Guarani entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Tupi-Guarani

Noun

*akaju^[1]

cashew

Descendants

Awera: akaju
Guajajára: akazu
Old Tupi: akaîu
- Nheengatu: akayú
- → French: acajou
  - → English: cashew, acajou
- → Portuguese: caju, acaju
  - → Gujarati: કાજુ (kāju) (see there for further descendants)
  - → Hindustani: (see there for further descendants)
    Hindi: काजू (kājū)
    Urdu: کاجُو (kājū)
  - → Konkani: काजू (kājū)
  - → Marathi: काजू (kājū)
  - → Spanish: cajú
  - → Telugu: కాజు (kāju) — dialectal
  - → Chinese: 檟如 / 槚如 (jiǎrú)
  - → Hunsrik: akaschu
⇒ Tenharim: akaju'i
Urubú-Kaapor: akaju

References

^ Mello, Antônio Augusto Souza (2000), “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos [Lexical reconstructions and cognates]” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais [Historical study of the Tupi-Guarani language family: phonological and lexical aspects] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 152, line 17

[1] Mello, Antônio Augusto Souza (2000), “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos [Lexical reconstructions and cognates]” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais [Historical study of the Tupi-Guarani language family: phonological and lexical aspects] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 152, line 17

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