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)

  1. peanut (Arachis hypogaea)

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: mandubí
  • → Portuguese: mandubi, mendubi, mendubim, amendoim

References

  1. ^ Antônio Augusto Souza Mello (17 March 2000) “Reconstruções Lexicais e Cognatos” (chapter III), in Estudo histórico da família linguística tupi-guarani: aspectos fonológicos e lexicais‎[1] (in Portuguese), Florianópolis: UFSC

Further reading

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • mendubi, mendubim

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi mandubi. Doublet of amendoim.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃.duˈbi/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ̃.duˈbi/ [mɐ̃.duˈβi]

Noun

mandubi m (plural mandubis)

  1. (Brazil, regional) synonym of amendoim

Further reading

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