mandioca

English

Noun

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.

References

• “mandioca”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mən.diˈɔ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [man.diˈɔ.ka]

Noun

mandioca f (plural mandioques)

1. manioc, cassava

   Synonym: iuca

Related terms

• tapioca

Further reading

• “mandioca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi mani'oka.

Pronunciation

 

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

• (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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈdjɔ.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: man‧di‧o‧ca

Noun

mandioca f (plural mandiocas)

1. manioc, cassava

Descendants

• → Spanish: mandioca
  • → Middle French: manioc
    • French: manioc
      • → German: Maniok
      • → Ottoman Turkish: مانیوق
        • Turkish: manyok
      • → Romanian: manioc
    • → English: manioc
    • → Lingala: manyɔ́kɔ
    • → Romanian: manioc
• → Kongo: mandioko

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈdjoka/ [mãn̪ˈd̪jo.ka]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -oka
• Syllabification: man‧dio‧ca

Noun

mandioca f (plural mandiocas)

1. manioc plant

Descendants

• → Middle French: manioc
  • French: manioc
    • → German: Maniok
    • → Ottoman Turkish: مانیوق
      • Turkish: manyok
    • → Romanian: manioc
  • → English: manioc
  • → Lingala: manyɔ́kɔ
  • → Romanian: manioc

Further reading

• “mandioca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014