Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/maniʔok

This Proto-Tupi-Guarani entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Tupi-Guarani

Etymology

    From *mani (tuber) +‎ *ʔok (to pluck).

    Noun

    *maniʔok[1][2]

    1. manioc; cassava root (Manihot esculenta)
      Synonym: *mani

    Descendants

    • Old Tupi: mani'oka, mandi'oka
      • Nheengatu: maniáka
      • Portuguese: mandioca
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: mandi'o

    References

    1. ^ Miriam Lemle (1971) “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29), volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma, page 122, line 120
    2. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (17 March 2000) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 176, line 329