pacu
See also: pacú and pacʉ
English
Etymology
From Portuguese pacu, from Old Tupi paku.
Noun
pacu (plural pacus)
- 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
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Anagrams
- A cup, A-cup, Cupa, Puac, caup
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay pacu (“spur”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpa.t͡ʃu/
- Rhymes: -t͡ʃu, -u
- Hyphenation: pa‧cu
Noun
pacu (plural pacu-pacu, first-person possessive pacuku, second-person possessive pacumu, third-person possessive pacunya)
- 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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic 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)
- spur, toothed or spiked wheel fixed to one's boot for prodding a horse rode on.
Verb
pacu (Jawi spelling ڤاچو)
- to drive
- to spur
- 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 forms
- 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
- third-person plural imperfect active of pacati (“to cook”)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpa.t͡su/
- Rhymes: -at͡su
- Syllabification: pa‧cu
Noun
pacu m
- 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)
- pacu (any of several species of South American fishes)
Derived terms
- pacuzinho (diminutive)
- pacuzão (augmentative)