akaîu'aîuba

Old Tupi

Etymology

From akaîu (“cashew”) +‎ 'aîuba (“ripening”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [a.kaˌju.ʔaˈju.β̞a]
  • Rhymes: -uβa
  • Hyphenation: a‧ka‧îu‧'a‧îu‧ba

Noun

akaîu'aîuba (possessable)

  1. (North Tupi) year
    Synonyms: ro'y, seîxutatá
    • 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter III, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica […], Livro Oitavo dos quatro novissimos do homen [… ] (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 163:
      Nã mbobi nho ruã acayû aiûbane, auyerámanhête.
      [Na mboby nhõ ruã 'akaîu'aîubane aûîeramanhẽte.]
      It won't be just some years, but forever.

Usage notes

As cashew trees fructify only once a year, it was a Tupian custom to keep the cashew nuts to record one's age.[1]

References
  1. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) 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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