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Old Tupi
Etymology
From akaîu (“cashew”) + 'aîuba (“ripening”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Rhymes: -uβa
- Hyphenation: a‧ka‧îu‧'a‧îu‧ba
Noun
akaîu'aîuba (possessable)
- (North Tupi) year
- Synonyms: ro'y, seîxutatá
1618, Antônio de Araújo, chapter III, in Cateciſmo na Lingoa Braſilica [Catechism in the Brazilian Language], 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]
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