-açu
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- -guaçu, -uaçu, -uçu
- -assú (obsolete)
Suffix
-açu m or f (noun-forming suffix, plural -açus)
- (no longer productive) forms the augmentative of nouns
Usage notes
Despite most words suffixed with -açu being direct borrowings from Old Tupi, there's a number of them that got suffixed later and have no related term in that language, like minhocuçu.
Derived terms
Portuguese terms suffixed with -açu
Further reading
- “-açu” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “açu” in Dicionário Online de Português.
- “açu” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “açu” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
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