mandioca.
cassava plant (Manihot esculenta)
Meaning & usage
cassava plant (Manihot esculenta)
cassava root
any food
feast, tuck-in, banquet
bitter cassava
Brazilian flathead (Percophis brasiliensis)
penis
Where this word comes from
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, 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.
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