mani'oka

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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

Descendants

Nheengatu: maniáka
→ Portuguese: mandioca
- → Spanish: mandioca
  - → Middle French: manioc
    - French: manioc
      - → German: Maniok
      - → Ottoman Turkish: مانیوق
        Turkish: manyok
      - → Romanian: manioc
    - → English: manioc
    - → Lingala: manyɔ́kɔ
    - → Romanian: manioc
- → Kongo: mandioko

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

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