"-açu" meaning in Portuguese

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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old Tupi -gûasu.",
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        "forms the augmentative of nouns"
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        "(no longer productive) forms the augmentative of nouns"
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          "word": "-guaçu"
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          "word": "-uaçu"
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          "word": "-uçu"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-u"
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  "word": "-açu"
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
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