akaîu
Old Tupi
akaîu
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akaju (“cashew”).[1]
Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní akaju and Tembé akazu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.kaˈju/
- 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
References
- Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Capítulo III - Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos”, in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 152, line 17
Further reading
- 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), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 21, column 2
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