wasaí
Nheengatu
Alternative forms
- wasái
- asaí (archaic)
Etymology
Etymology tree
First attested in 1853,[1] of uncertain origin. Possibly a borrowing from either Araweté axaʼɨ, Guajajára waxa'i or Urubú-Kaapor wasai, all of them from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *wat͡saʔi. The expected forms *ûasa'i or *asa'i are not attested in Old Tupi, despite many authors claiming this etymology.[2][3][4]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wasaˈi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: wa‧sa‧í
Noun
wasaí (plural wasaí-itá)
- acai (any palm tree of the genus Euterpe)
- Synonyms: wasaí-iwa, yusara
- acai berry
- acai juice
- Synonym: wasaí yukisé
Derived terms
- wasaí yukisé
- wasaí-iwa
- wasaí-kaapura
- wasaí-kaatingapura
- wasaí-maniiwa
- wasaí-rawa
- wasaí-suikiri
- wasaí-tapurú
- wasaí-tinga
- wasaí-ukapura
References
- ^ Manoel Justiniano de Seixas (1853) Vocabulario da lingua indigena geral para o uso do Seminario Episcopal do Pará (in Portuguese), Pará: Typ. de Mattos e Comp.ª, page 62: “Uassaí”
- ^ “açaí”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “açaí”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- ^ “açaí”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025