babaçu
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See also: babaçú
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- baguaçu, guaguaçu, aguaçu, uauaçu
- bauaçu, auaçu, oabaçu, oaguaçu, uaçu, uauçu (rare)
- babassu, babassú, babaçú, baguaçú, baguassu, baguassú, guaguaçú, guaguassú, aguaçú, aguassú, uauaçú, uauassu, uauassú, auaçú, auassú, uaguassu, uaguassú, oauaçu, oauassú, oaguaçú, buassú, uaussú (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Nheengatu babasú, from Old Tupi 'ybagûasu.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧çu
Noun
babaçu m or (obsolete) f (plural babaçus)
- (Brazil) babassu (Attalea speciosa, a tall Brazilian feather palm)
- Synonyms: palha-branca, coco-de-macaco, coco naiá, coco-pindoba
Descendants
Further reading
- “babaçu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024