akaîu

Old Tupi

akaîu

Etymology

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Cognate with Guaraní akaju.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.kaˈju/, [akaˈʝu]
Rhymes: -u
Hyphenation: a‧ka‧îu

Noun

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

akaîu 'y
akaîu'akaîá
akaîu'aîuba
akaîu'yba
akaîu'ĩ
akaîueté
akaîukatinga
akaîukaûĩ
akaîupiranga
akaîutĩ
akaîuûasu

Descendants

Nheengatu: akayú
→ Portuguese: caju, acaju
- → French: acajou
  - → English: cashew

References

Pe. Antônio Lemos Barbosa (1956) Curso de Tupi Antigo: Gramática, Exercícios, Textos‎ (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

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