asaí

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Nheengatu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: a‧sa‧í

Noun

asaí (plural asaí-itá)

  1. Archaic form of wasaí.

References

  • Constantino Tastevin (1922) [1910] “Nomes de plantas e animaes em lingua tupy”, in Revista do Museu Paulista, volume XIII (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Officinas do Diario Official, page 697: “assahi”
  • Ermanno Stradelli (1929) “Vocabularios da lingua geral portuguez-nheêngatú e nheêngatú-portuguez”, in Revista do Instituto Historico e Geographico Brasileiro, volume 158 (overall work in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Imprensa Nacional, page 381: “asaí”
  • Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “asaí”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 274

Spanish

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Alternative forms

Etymology

    Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese açaí, borrowed from Nheengatu wasaí.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /asaˈi/
    • Rhymes: -i
    • Syllabification: a‧sa‧í

    Noun

    asaí m (plural asaís or asaíes)

    1. acai palm (Euterpe oleracea)
    2. acai berry

    Synonyms

    Wikious
    Boobota
    Sagapedia