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a-sah-EE

August 25, 2008 by Anonymous, 1 year 13 weeks ago
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The word is açaí (accent on the "i"). It is a Brazilian Portuguese word which comes from the Native American Tupi word "ïwasa'i." Grammatically speaking, the accent should be placed on the final i because of the accent mark.

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