mandubi

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

mundubi, munduí

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *manuβi.[1]

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní and Paraguayan Guaraní manduvi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mã.ⁿduˈβi/, [mã.ⁿduˈβ̞i]
Rhymes: -i
Hyphenation: ma‧ndu‧bi

Noun

mandubi (unpossessable)

peanut (Arachis hypogaea)

Descendants

Nheengatu: mandubí
→ Portuguese: mandubi, amendoim

References

Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (2000 March 17) Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎ (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “mandubi”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 256, column 2

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