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 (?)

1. manioc; cassava root (Manihot esculenta)

   Synonym: mani'oketé

   Coordinate terms: mani'yba (“cassava plant”), mana'yba (“cassava seedling”)

Coordinate terms

(undentified manioc varieties):

• apiti'yba
• arapipoka
• aîpĩ
• aîpĩmakaxera
• ka'aaxyma
• makaxera
• mana'ybaru
• mana'ybusu
• mana'ytinga
• mandi'ybambûaraé
• mandi'ybumana
• mandi'ybusu
• mandi'ybybyîana
• mandi'ybyîurusu
• mandi'yparati
• mandyba
• mani'okaba
• manipokamirĩ
• parati
• sûasumandi'yba
• tapesyma

Derived terms

• mandi'oka'i
• mandi'opeba
• mandi'opuba
• mandi'opûera
• mani'okaba
• mani'oketé

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