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mandioca

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English

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Noun

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mandioca (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) manioc
    • 1863, Henry Walter Bates, chapter IV, in The Naturalist on the River Amazons, volume 1:
      There was a kind of festival going on, and the people fuddled themselves with caxirí, an intoxicating drink invented by the Indians. It is made by soaking mandioca cakes in water until fermentation takes place, and tastes like new beer.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish mandioca, from Old Tupi mani'oka.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mandioca f (plural mandioques)

  1. manioc, cassava
    Synonym: iuca
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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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planta de mandioca (sense 1)
mandioca (sense 2)

Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Tupian *mani
Proto-Tupian *ʔekʷ
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔok
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *maniʔok
Old Tupi mandi'okabor.
Portuguese mandioca

    Borrowed from Old Tupi mandi'oka,[1] etymologically “cassava root”.

    A widespread folk etymology relates the story of a Tupi girl named Mani who died and was buried in her hut (oca), where cassava plants then began to sprout.

    Pronunciation

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    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃.d͡ʒiˈɔ.kɐ/ [mɐ̃.d͡ʒɪˈɔ.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /mɐ̃ˈd͡ʒjɔ.kɐ/
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃.d͡ʒiˈɔ.ka/ [mɐ̃.d͡ʒɪˈɔ.ka], (faster pronunciation) /mɐ̃ˈd͡ʒjɔ.ka/

    • Rhymes: -ɔkɐ
    • Hyphenation: man‧di‧o‧ca

    Noun

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    mandioca f (plural mandiocas)

    2. cassava plant (Manihot esculenta)
      Synonyms: aipim, macaxeira, maniva, pau-farinha
      • 1996 July–December, Jean Louis Le Guerroué et al., “AS PROTEÍNAS DE FOLHA DE MANDIOCA: ASPECTOS FISIOLÓGICOS, NUTRICIONAIS E IMPORTÂNCIA TECNOLÓGICA [The proteins of cassava leaves: physiological, nutritional aspects and technological importance]”, in Boletim do Centro de Pesquisa de Processamento de Alimentos, volume 14, number 2, Curitiba: UFPR, →DOI, page 138:
        O conteúdo de proteína das folhas de mandioca é superior aqueles encontrados na maioria das gramíneas e leguminosas. Além disso, a mandioca tem a vantagem de oferecer maior produtividade e de adaptar-se a solos pobres.
        Protein conten of cassava leaves is greater than those found in most grasses and legumes. In addition, cassava has the advantage of offering more productivity and adapting to poor soils.
    4. cassava root
      Synonyms: aipim, macaxeira, pau-farinha
      • 1865, José de Alencar, chapter XXIV, in Iracema: Lenda do Ceará, Rio de Janeiro: Typ. de Viana e Filhos, page 115:
        A filha de Araken, foi buscar á cabana as iguarias do festim e os vinhos de genipapo e mandioca. Os guerreiros beberão copiosamente e trançarão as danças alegres.
        Araken's daughter went to the hut to bring the feast's delicacies and the genipap and manioc wines. The warriors drank profusely and braided joyful dances.
      • 1928, Mário de Andrade, chapter I, in Macunaíma: o heroi sem nenhum caracter [Macunaíma: the hero without any character], São Paulo: Oficinas Gráficas de Eugênio Cupolo, page 10:
        Nem bem teve seis anos deram agua num chocalho pra êle e Macunaíma principiou falando como todos. E pediu prá mãi que largasse da mandioca ralando na cevadeira e levasse êle passear no mato.
        He was just six years old when they gave him a rattle with water, and Macunaíma started talking like everybody else. And he asked his mum to leave the cassava in the grinder and take him for a walk in the forest.
    5. (colloquial) any food
    6. (colloquial) feast, tuck-in, banquet
      Synonym: comezaina
    7. (Northeast Brazil) bitter cassava
      Synonyms: mandioca brava, macaxeira brava
    8. (Brazil) Brazilian flathead (Percophis brasiliensis)
      Synonym: tiravira
    9. (Brazil, figuratively, vulgar) penis
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pênis

    Synonyms

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    Regional synonyms of mandioca (“cassava”)
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    Dialect groupDialectLocationWords
    BrazilianSertanejoCampo Grandemandioca
    Cuiabámandioca
    Goiâniamandioca
    AmazofoniaBelémmacaxeira, mandioca, aipim
    Boa Vistamacaxeira
    Rio Brancomacaxeira
    Macapámacaxeira
    Manausmacaxeira
    Serra AmazônicaPorto Velhomacaxeira, mandioca
    BaianoSalvadoraipim
    North CoastSão Luísmacaxeira
    Teresinamacaxeira, mandioca
    Fortalezamacaxeira, mandioca
    Brazilian NortheasternAracajumacaxeira, aipim
    João Pessoamacaxeira, mandioca
    Maceiómacaxeira, aipim
    Natalmacaxeira, aipim
    RecifenseRecifemacaxeira
    Brazilian SouthernCuritibaaipim, mandioca
    FlorianopolitanFlorianópolisaipim
    GaúchoPorto Alegreaipim
    CariocaRio de Janeiroaipim, mandioca
    FluminenseVitóriaaipim, mandioca
    MineiroBelo Horizontemandioca
    PaulistanoSão Paulomandioca
    This table shows various regional forms in the Portuguese language.
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    Descendants

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    • → English: mandioko
    • → Kongo: mandioko
    • → Spanish: mandioca

    References

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    1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “mandioca”, 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

    Further reading

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    Spanish

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Portuguese mandioca, from Old Tupi mani'oka.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /manˈdjoka/ [mãn̪ˈd̪jo.ka]
    • Audio (Spain):(file)
    • Rhymes: -oka
    • Syllabification: man‧dio‧ca

    Noun

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    mandioca f (plural mandiocas)

    1. manioc plant

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