amyîu

Old Tupi

Noun

amyîu (unpossessable)

1. (North Tupi, hapax) abiu (Pouteria caimito)

Descendants

• Nheengatu: abiú
  • → Brazilian Portuguese: abiu, abio
    • → English: abiu
    • → Hunsrik: Abiu

References

• Claude d'Abbeville (1614) chapter XXXVIII, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L’Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (overall work in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 224v: “Amyiou”
• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “amyîu”, 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 34, column 2