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babasú

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Nheengatu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Tupi 'ybagûasu (“citron”).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ba.baˈsu]
    • Rhymes: -u
    • Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧sú

    Noun

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    babasú (plural babasú-itá)

    1. (broadly) any palm tree in the genera Orbignya and Attalea
      Synonym: babasú-iwa
    2. (strictly) babassu (Attalea speciosa)
      Synonym: babasú-iwa
    3. babassu nut

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • → Brazilian Portuguese: babaçu
      • → English: babassu
      • → French: babaçu, babassu
      • → Italian: babaco

    References

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    1. ^ Marcel Twardowsky Avila (2021) “babasú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 287
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