mandubi

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Old Tupi

Alternative forms

mundubi, munduí

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *manuβi.^[1]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní and Paraguayan Guaraní manduvi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mã.ⁿduˈβi/,
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: ma‧ndu‧bi

Noun

mandubi (unpossessable)

peanut (Arachis hypogaea)

Descendants

Nheengatu: mandubí
→ Portuguese: mandubi, mendubi, mendubim, amendoim

References

^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mandubi”, 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 256, column 2

Portuguese

Alternative forms

mendubi, mendubim

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi mandubi. Doublet of amendoim.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.duˈbi/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.duˈbi/

Noun

mandubi m (plural mandubis)

(Brazil, regional) Synonym of amendoim

Further reading

“mandubi”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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