mani'oka
Old Tupi
Alternative forms
- mandi'oka
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *maniʔok. By surface analysis, *mani + 'ok + -a.
Cognate with Guaraní mandi'o.
Noun
mani'oka (?)
- manioc; cassava root (Manihot esculenta)
- Synonym: mani'oketé
- Coordinate terms: mani'yba (“cassava plant”), mana'yba (“cassava seedling”)
Coordinate terms
undentified manioc varieties
Derived terms
- mandi'oka'i
- mandi'opeba
- mandi'opuba
- mandi'opûera
- mani'okaba
- mani'oketé
Descendants
- Nheengatu: maniáka
- → Portuguese: mandioca
References
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mani'oka”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 257, column 2