babaçu

See also: babaçú

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• 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

Borrowed from Nheengatu babasú, from Old Tupi 'ybagûasu.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ba.baˈsu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.bɐˈsu/ [bɐ.βɐˈsu]

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ba‧ba‧çu

Noun

babaçu m or (obsolete) f (plural babaçus)

1. (Brazil) babassu (Attalea speciosa, a tall Brazilian feather palm)

   Synonyms: palha-branca, coco-de-macaco, coco naiá, coco-pindoba

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “babaçu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024