mandubi

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• mundubi, munduí

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *manuβi.

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní and Paraguayan Guaraní manduvi.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mandubi (unpossessable)

1. peanut (Arachis hypogaea)

Descendants

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

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/ [mɐ̃.duˈβi]

Noun

mandubi m (plural mandubis)

1. (Brazil, regional) Synonym of amendoim

Further reading

• “mandubi”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025