akaîu

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Old Tupi

akaîu

Alternative forms

*kaîu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akaju.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):
Rhymes: -u
Hyphenation: a‧ka‧îu

Noun

akaîu (?)

(hapax) cashew tree (Anacardium occidentale)^[1]
Synonyms: akaîueté, akaîu'yba
cashew apple (accessory fruit of Anacardium occidentale)^[2]^[3]^[4]
Synonym: akaîueté
- 1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter VII, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], Livro Sexto do Confessionário (overall work in Old Tupi, Portuguese, and Latin), Lisbon: Pedro Crasbeeck, page 104v:
  29.p. Nde agoâçape coîr?
  30.p. Mbobîpe Iaci canhémi, coipô acajú ajubamo cecè nderecoreme meme?
  [29.p. Nde agûasápe ko'yr?
  30.p. Mbobype îasy kanhemi koîpó akaîu 'aîubamo sesé nde rekó memẽ?]
  29th question: Where you adulterous today?
  30th question: How many times did the moon go down and the cashews ripe with this same condition?
- 1622, anonymous author, “Uinho de uuas”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica, volume 2 (overall work in Old Tupi and Portuguese), Piratininga, page 146; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, São Paulo: USP, 1953:
  Acajuig […]
  [Akaîu'y […] ]
  Cashew liquor.
(loosely) any tree in the genus Anacardium and their fruit

Derived terms

Descendants

Nheengatu: akayú
→ French: acajou
- → English: cashew, acajou
→ Portuguese: caju, acaju
- → Gujarati: કાજુ (kāju)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: काजू (kājū)
  Urdu: کاجُو (kājū)
- → Konkani: काजू (kājū)
- → Marathi: काजू (kājū)
- → Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਕਾਜੂ (kājū)
  Shahmukhi script: کاجُو (kājū)
- → Spanish: cajú
- → Hunsrik: akaschu

References

^ André Thevet (1557–1558) chapter 61, in Les singularitez de la France Antarctique [The singularities of France Antarctique] (overall work in Middle French), Paris: Maurice de La Porte, page 120: “Acaïous [Akaîu]”
^ Jean de Léry (1578) chapter XIII, in Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique [History of a voyage to the land of Brazil, also called America] (overall work in Middle French), La Rochelle: Antoine Chuppin, page 205: “Acaiou [Akaîu]”
^ Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XXXVII, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 217: “Acaiou [Akaîu]”
^ Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso (1648) Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Historiae Plantarum, book III, chapter II (overall work in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 94: “Acaiû [Akaîu]”

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “akaîu”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 21, column 2

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