kupuasú

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Nheengatu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Tupi kupu'yûasu.

Noun[edit]

kupuasú

  1. cupuassu (Theobroma grandiflorum)

Descendants[edit]

  • Brazilian Portuguese: cupuaçu
    • English: cupuassu
    • Spanish: cupuazú
  • Curripaco: kopowaso
  • Tariana: kupuasú
  • Yuhup: kupuwasú

References[edit]

  • Charles Roland Clement et al. (2024) “Finding the origin of domestication of cupuaçu requires more than genomics”, in SciELO Preprints, →DOI
  • Marcel Twardowsky Ávila (2021) “kupuasú”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 407