akayú

Nheengatu

Alternative forms
  • acaiú

Etymology

Inherited from Old Tupi akaîu (“cashew”).[1]

Cognate with Portuguese caju.

Noun

akayú

  1. cashew (Anacardium occidentale)
  2. cashew apple (accessory fruit of Anacardium occidentale)
    Synonym: akayú-iwa
  3. (broadly) any tree in the genus Anacardium and their fruit
  4. year
    Muíri akayú urikú?
    How old is he?
    (literally, “How many years he has?”)

Derived terms
  • akayuwasú
  • akayuí
  • akayuí-iwa
  • akayú-isika
  • akayú-iwa
  • akayú-kaapura
  • akayú-maniiwa
  • akayú-piranga
  • akayú-rana
  • akayú-tawá
  • akayú-tĩ
  • piranha-akayú
  • tambakí-akayú

References
  1. Marcel Twardowsky Ávila (2021) “akayú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 234
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