babaco

English

Etymology

From Spanish babaco, from Old Tupi wawa'su.

Noun

babaco (plural babacos)

1. A fruit tree, related to the papaya and native to mountainous areas of Ecuador, Vasconcellea × heilbornii
2. The fruit of this tree

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish babaco, from Old Tupi wawa'su.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈba.ko/, /ˈba.ba.ko/
• Rhymes: -ako, -abako
• Hyphenation: ba‧bà‧co, bà‧ba‧co

Noun

babaco m (invariable)

1. babaco (Vasconcellea × heilbornii)
2. babaco (fruit)

Further reading

• babaco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔɨβ

Proto-Tupian *ʔa

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔa

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ɨˀβa

Old Tupi 'ybá

Proto-Tupian *-at͡ʃu

Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-wat͡ʃu

Old Tupi -gûasu

Old Tupi 'ybagûasu

Nheengatu babasúbor.

Brazilian Portuguese babaçubor.

Italian babaco

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese babaçu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈba.ko/
• Rhymes: -ako
• Hyphenation: ba‧bà‧co

Noun

babaco m (invariable)

1. babassu (Attalea speciosa)

   Alternative form: babassu

Further reading

• babaco in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

• abbaco, abbacò

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi wawa'su.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈbako/ [baˈβ̞a.ko]
• Rhymes: -ako
• Syllabification: ba‧ba‧co

Noun

babaco m (plural babacos)

1. the babaco

Further reading

• “babaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10