Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/maniʔok
Proto-Tupi-Guarani
Etymology
From *mani (“tuber”) + *ʔok (“to pluck”).
Noun
- manioc; cassava root (Manihot esculenta)
- Synonym: *mani
Descendants
- Old Tupi: mani'oka, mandi'oka
- Paraguayan Guaraní: mandi'o
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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