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akaîu

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Old Tupi

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /akaˈju/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: a‧ka‧îu

Etymology 1

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akaîu

    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akaju.

    Alternative forms

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    Historical spellings 
    Thevet (1575) acaïous
    Léry (1578) acaiou
    d'Abbeville (1614) acaiou
    Araújo (1618) acajú
    VLB (1622) acaju
    Marcgrave (1648) acaiû

    Noun

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    akaîu (unpossessable)

    1. (hapax legomenon) cashew tree (Anacardium occidentale)[1]
      Synonyms: akaîueté, akaîu'yba
    2. cashew apple (accessory fruit of Anacardium occidentale)[2][3][4][5]
      Synonym: akaîueté
      • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter VII, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Sexto do Confessionário [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 104v:
        29.p. Nde agoâçape coîr?
        30.p. Mbobîpe Iaci canhémi, coipô acajú ajubamo cecè nderecoreme meme?
        [29.p[ergunta]. Nde agûasápe ko'yr?
        30.p[ergunta]. Mbobype îasy kanhemi koîpó akaîu 'aîubamo sesé nde rekó memẽ?]
        29th question: Where you adulterous today?
        30th question: How many times did the moon go down and the cashews ripe with this same condition?
      • 1622, anonymous author, “Uinho de uuas”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 146; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
        Acajuig […]
        [Akaîu'y […] ]
        Cashew liquor.
    3. (loosely) any tree in the genus Anacardium and their fruit
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    Descendants
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    Etymology 2

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akaju
    Old Tupi akaîu
    Proto-Tupian *ʔa
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔa
    Old Tupi 'a
    Proto-Tupian *wub
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *juβ
    Old Tupi îub
    Old Tupi 'aîub
    Proto-Tupian *-ap
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?
    Old Tupi -a
    Old Tupi akaîu'aîuba
    Old Tupi akaîu

      Ellipsis of akaîu'aîuba.

      Noun

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      akaîu (possessable) (Língua Geral Amazônica)

      1. year (period of 12 months)[5][6][7][8][9]
        Synonyms: ro'y, seîxu, seîxutatá
      2. age (amount of time since the birth)[5]
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      References

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      1. ^ André Thevet (1557–1558), chapter 61, in Les singularitez de la France Antarctique [The singularities of France Antarctique] (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Maurice de La Porte, page 120: “Acaïous [Akaîu]”
      2. ^ Jean de Léry (1578), chapter XIII, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 205: “Acaiou [Akaîu]”
      3. ^ Claude d'Abbeville (1614), chapter XXXVII, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L'Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 217: “Acaiou [Akaîu]”
      4. ^ Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648), Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Historiae Plantarum, book III, chapter II (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 94: “Acaiû [Akaîu]”
      5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 anonymous author (18th century), “Anno. Cajú, fruta. Idade [Year. Cashew, fruit. Age]”, in Diccionario da lingua brazilica [Dictionary of the Brasílica Language]‎[1] (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), page 2: “Acajú”
      6. ^ Arronches, João de (1739), “ANNO”, in Caderno da Lingua (overall work in Portuguese); republished as “O caderno da lingua ou Vocabulario Portuguez-Tupi [The language's notebook or Portuguese-Tupi vocabulary]”, in Plínio Ayrosa, editor, Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XXI, São Paulo: Imprensa Official do Estado, 1934, page 98: “acajú”
      7. ^ Frei Onofre (1751), “Anno”, in José Mariano da Conceição Velloso, editor, Dicionario portuguez, e brasiliano [Brazilian and Portuguese dictionary] (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Lisbon: Officina Patriarcal, published 1795, page 12, column 1: “Acajû”
      8. ^ Meisterburg, Anton [attributed] (a. 1756), “Anno”, in [Dicionário de Trier] [Dictionary from Trier] (overall work in Portuguese and Old Tupi), Baixo Xingu; Pará, page 4v, column 1, line 17; republished as Jean-Claude Muller et al., editors, Dicionário de língua geral amazônica [Língua Geral Amazônica Dictionary], Potsdam: University of Potsdam, 2019, →DOI, page 109: “ceixú. vul. Acajù.”
      9. ^ anonymous author (c. 1757), “Anno”, in [Vocabulario Portuguez–Brasilico] [Brazilian-Portuguese Vocabulary] (overall work in Portuguese); republished as Ernesto Ferreira França, compiler, Chrestomathia da lingua brazilica [Chrestomathy of the Brazilian language], Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1859, page 15: “acajû”

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