asaí

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Nheengatu

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [a.saˈi]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: a‧sa‧í

Noun

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asaí

  1. Archaic form of wasaí.

Descendants

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References

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  • Constantino Tastevin (1922) [1910] “Nomes de plantas e animaes em lingua tupy”, in Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XIII (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Officinas do Diario Official, page 697:assahi
  • Ermanno Stradelli (1929) “Vocabularios da lingua geral portuguez-nheêngatú e nheêngatú-portuguez”, in Revista do Instituto Historico e Geographico Brasileiro, volume 158 (overall work in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Imprensa Nacional, page 381:asaí
  • Marcel Twardowsky Ávila (2021) “asaí”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 274

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese açaí.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /asaˈi/ [a.saˈi]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: a‧sa‧í

Noun

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asaí m (plural asaís or asaíes)

  1. acai palm (Euterpe oleracea)
  2. acai berry

Synonyms

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