mandioca
English
Noun
mandioca (uncountable)
- (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
Related terms
Further reading
- “mandioca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese mandioca, from Old Tupi mani'oka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /manˈdjoka/ [mãn̪ˈd̪jo.ka]
- (Castilian)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -oka
- Syllabification: man‧dio‧ca
Descendants
Further reading
- “mandioca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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