mani'oka

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Historical spellings 
d'Abbeville (1614) manioch

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *maniʔok. By surface analysis, *mani +‎ 'ok +‎ -a.

    Cognate with Paraguayan Guarani mandi'o.

    Noun

    mani'oka (?)

    1. cassava (root of Manihot esculenta)
      Synonym: mani'oketé
      Coordinate terms: mani'yba (“cassava plant”), mana'yba (“cassava seedling”)
      • [1557, Hans Staden, chapter XXI, in Warhaftige Hiſtoria [True History], volume 1 (in German), Marburg: Andreas Kolbe, unnumbered page:
        Wir fuͦhren auff eyn vfer landes / welchs vff dem Meer ligt / hart dar bei waren jre weiber inn jren wurtzel gewechs / welches sie Mandioka beyſſen.
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      • [1614, Claude d'Abbeville, chapter XXXVIII, in Hiſtoire de la Miſsion des Peres Capucins en L'Iſle de Maragnan et terres circonuoiſines [History of the Mission of the Capuchin Fathers in the Island of Maranhão and surrounding lands] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie de François Huby, page 229v:
        Le Manioch eſt vne racine prouenant d'vne plante ou petit arbreau appellé Manieup […] elle eſt groſſe commela cuiſſe: les Indiens en font la farine qui leur ſert de pain […]
        The “mani'ok[a]” is a root that comes from a plant or small tree called “mani'yb[a]” […] it is as thick as a thigh: the Indians use it to make flour that serves them as bread […] ]
      • [1648, Georg Marcgrave, Willem Piso, Historia Naturalis Brasiliae [Brazilian Natural History], Historiae Plantarum, book II, chapter VI (in Latin), Amsterdam: Elzevir, page 65:
        MAndiiba & Maniiba Braſilienſibus, cujus radix Mandioca vocatur.
        “Mandi'yba” and “mani'yba” from Brazil, whose root is called “mandi'oka”.]

    Coordinate terms

    Derived terms

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

    Descendants

    • Nheengatu: maniáka
    • → Middle French: manioc
    • → Portuguese: mandioca
      • → English: mandioko
      • → Kongo: mandioko
      • → Spanish: mandioca

    Further reading

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