mandubi

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• mundubi, munduí

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *manuβi.

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, amendoim

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