akaîu'aîuba

Old Tupi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akaju
    Old Tupi akaîu
    Proto-Tupian *ʔa
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔa
    Old Tupi 'a
    Proto-Tupian *wub
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *juβ
    Old Tupi îub
    Old Tupi 'aîub
    Proto-Tupian *-ap
    Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ?
    Old Tupi -a
    Old Tupi akaîu'aîuba

    From akaîu (“cashew”) +‎ 'aîuba (“ripening”).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [a.kaˌju.ʔaˈju.βɐ]
    • Rhymes: -uβa
    • Hyphenation: a‧ka‧îu‧'a‧îu‧ba

    Noun

    akaîu'aîuba (possessable)

    1. (North Tupi, Late 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.

    References

    1. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “akaîu'aîuba”, 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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