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-açu
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Appendix:Variations of "acu"
Portuguese
Alternative forms
pt -guaçu -uaçu -uçu
pt -assú obsolete
Etymology
pt :bor tpw:-gûasu +
Pronunciation
pt u 2
pt -a çu
Suffix
mf
pt no longer productive forms augmentative of nouns
Usage notes
Despite most words suffixed with -açu being direct borrowings from Old Tupi, there's a number of them that got suffixed later and have no related term in that language, like pt minhocuçu.
Derived terms
pt
Related terms
pt açu
Further reading