-açu

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • -guaçu, -uaçu, -uçu
  • -assú (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi -gûasu.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: -a‧çu

Suffix

-açu m or f (noun-forming suffix, plural -açus)

  1. (no longer productive) forms the augmentative of nouns

Usage notes

  • Despite most words suffixed with -açu being direct borrowings from Old Tupi, there's a number of them that got suffixed later and have no related term in that language, like minhocuçu.

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -açu
aguaraçu
jacaré-açu
minhocuçu
tatuaçu

Further reading

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