pacu

See also: pacú and pacʉ

English

Etymology

From Portuguese pacu, from Old Tupi paku.

Noun

pacu (plural pacus)

1. Any of several South American freshwater fishes related to the piranha.

Derived terms

• black pacu (Colossoma macropomum, Myleus schomburgkii, or Piaractus brachypomus)
• red-bellied pacu (Piaractus brachypomus or Colossoma macropomum)

Translations

any of several species of South American fishes

• Finnish: paku (fi)
• Portuguese: pacu m
• Ye'kwana: muudu

Anagrams

• A cup, A-cup, Cupa, Puac, caup

Esperanto

Verb

pacu

1. imperative of paci

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pacu (“spur”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.t͡ʃu/
• Rhymes: -t͡ʃu, -u
• Hyphenation: pa‧cu

Noun

pacu (plural pacu-pacu)

1. spur, toothed or spiked wheel fixed to one's boot for prodding a horse rode on.

Derived terms

• berpacu
• dipacu
• memacu
• mempacu
• pacuan
• pemacu
• pemacuan
• terpacu

 

• pacu jantung

 

Further reading

• “pacu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.t͡ʃu/
• Rhymes: -acu, -cu, -u

Noun

pacu (Jawi spelling ڤاچو, plural pacu-pacu, informal 1st possessive pacuku, 2nd possessive pacumu, 3rd possessive pacunya)

1. spur, toothed or spiked wheel fixed to one's boot for prodding a horse rode on.

Verb

pacu (Jawi spelling ڤاچو)

1. to drive
2. to spur
3. to urge

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• pemacu [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• pemacuan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• pacuan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• memacu [agent focus] (meN-)
• dipacu [patient focus] (di-)
• terpacu [agentless action] (teR-)
• berpacu [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: pacu

References

• "pacu" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “pacu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀘𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• पचु (Devanagari script)
• পচু (Bengali script)
• පචු (Sinhalese script)
• ပစု or ပၸု (Burmese script)
• ปจุ or ปะจุ (Thai script)
• ᨷᨧᩩ (Tai Tham script)
• ປຈຸ or ປະຈຸ (Lao script)
• បចុ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄌𑄪 (Chakma script)

Verb

pacu

1. third-person plural imperfect active of pacati (“to cook”)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.t͡su/
• Rhymes: -at͡su
• Syllabification: pa‧cu

Noun

pacu m

1. locative/vocative singular of pac

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pacú (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi paku.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈku/

Noun

pacu m (plural pacus)

1. pacu (any of several species of South American fishes)

Derived terms

• pacuzinho (diminutive)
• pacuzão (augmentative)