babaçu
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See also: babaçú
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- 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
[edit]Borrowed from Nheengatu babasú, from Old Tupi 'ybagûasu.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -u
- Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧çu
Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “babaçu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Categories:
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Portuguese terms derived from Nheengatu
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Nheengatu
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Tupian
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Tupi
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/u
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