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Old Tupi
Etymology
Cognate with Guaraní ajo.
Pronunciation
Noun
aîó (possessable)
- bag[1]
- saddlebag (pouch laid across the back of a horse)[2]
- pocket (bag stitched to an item of clothing)[3]
- Hyponym: iataîuburu (“money pocket”)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Brazilian Portuguese: aió
References
- ^ anonymous author (1622) “Saco”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 2, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 110: “Ajô [Aîó]”
- ^ anonymous author (1622) “Alforge, ou Alforja”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 31: “Ajô [Aîó]”
- ^ anonymous author (1622) “Aljabeira”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 32: “Ajô [Aîó]”