Reconstruction:Proto-Tupi-Guarani/maniʔok

This Proto-Tupi-Guarani entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Tupi-Guarani

Etymology

  • From *mani (“tuber”) +‎ *ʔok (“to pluck”).

    Noun

    *maniʔok[1][2]

    1. manioc; cassava root (Manihot esculenta)
      Synonym: *mani

    Descendants

    • Old Tupi: mani'oka, mandi'oka
      • Nheengatu: maniáka
      • → Portuguese: mandioca
    • Paraguayan Guaraní: mandi'o

    References

    1. ^ Lemle, Miriam (1971), “Internal classification of the Tupi-Guarani linguistic family”, in David Bendor-Samuel, editor, Tupi Studies (SIL Publications in Linguistics and Related Fields; 29), volume I, Norman: SIL of the University of Oklahoma, page 122, line 120
    2. ^ Mello, Antônio Augusto Souza (2000), “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos [Lexical reconstructions and cognates]” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais [Historical study of the Tupi-Guarani language family: phonological and lexical aspects] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC, page 176, line 329
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