cassava

English

cassava

Alternative forms

cassaba, cassada

Etymology

From Portuguese cassave, from Taíno *kasabi (“cassava flour”)[1] (compare Garifuna sibiba), from Proto-Arawak *sapi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kəˈsɑːvə/
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːvə

Noun

cassava (countable and uncountable, plural cassavas)

Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.
Synonym: yuca
Tapioca, a starchy pulp made with manioc roots.
- 1677, Thomas Holyoke [i.e., Thomas Holyoake], “Jucca”, in A Large Dictionary: In Three Parts: I. The English before the Latin, [...] II. The Latin before the English, [...] III. The Proper Names of Persons, Places, and Other Things Necessary to the Understanding of Historians and Poets. [...], London: Printed for W[illiam] Rawlins, for G[eorge] Sawbridge, W[illiam] Place, T[homas] Basset, T[homas] Dring, J[ohn] Leigh, and J[ohn] Place, OCLC 78213826:
  Jucca, ſive Yucca Peruana. The root whereof the bread Caſua, or Cazava is made.

Derived terms

cassava wood

Translations

manioc, the source of tapioca

Armenian: հացարմատ (hy) (hacʿarmat)
Banyumasan: ꦗꦮꦮ꧀ (jawaw), ꦗꦮꦲꦸ (jawau), ꦒꦸꦩ꧀ꦧꦶꦭꦶꦏꦪꦸ (gumbili kayu)
Baoule: agba
Bengali: কাসাভা (kasabha)
Bikol Central: balinghoy
Burmese: ပီလောပီနံ (my) (pilau:pinam)
Catalan: mandioca f, iuca f
Cebuano: balanghoy
Chichewa: chinangwa
Chinese:
Cantonese: 木薯 (muk⁶ syu⁴)
Mandarin: 木薯 (zh) (mùshǔ)
Cocama: yahuiri
Duala: makwamba
Dutch: cassave (nl)
Esperanto: manioko
Estonian: maniokk
Ewe: agbeli n
Ewondo: mbong
Fijian: tavioka
Finnish: maniokki (fi)
French: manioc (fr) m
German: Maniok (de) m, Mandioka f, Kassawa f, Kassava f
Guaraní: mandi'o
Hausa: rogo
Hindi: सागू (hi) m (sāgū)
Igbo: akpu
Ilocano: balinghoy
Indonesian: ubi kayu (id), ketela pohon (id), singkong (id)
Italian: manioca f
Japanese: キャッサバ (kyassaba)
Javanese: ꦏꦼꦠꦺꦭꦥꦺꦴꦲꦸꦁ (ketéla pohung), ꦱꦶꦁꦏꦺꦴꦁ (singkong), ꦏꦱ꧀ꦥꦺ (kaspé)
Kannada: ಮರಗೆಣಸು (kn) (marageṇasu)
Kapampangan: kamuting bagin, kamuting dutung
Khmer: ដំឡូងមី (dɑmloungmii), ដំឡូងឈើ (dɑmloungchəə)
Kikuyu: mwanga class 3
Kongo: mandioko
Korean: 카사바 (kasaba), 마니옥 (maniok)
Koyraboro Senni: bananku
Lao: ມັນຕົ້ນ (lo) (man ton)
Lingala: nsɔngɔ́, manyɔ́kɔ, mbala
Malay: ubi kayu
Malayalam: മരച്ചീനി (ml) (maraccīni)
Maori: tapioka, kahawa
Minangkabau: ubi parancih, ubi kayu, singkong
Nahuatl: cuauhcamohtli
Ngazidja Comorian: mhogo class 3/4
Ngiti: mɔ᷅kɔ̀
Portuguese: mandioca (pt) f, aipim (pt) m, macaxeira (pt) f
Quechua: rumu, yuka; lumu (Napo Lowland Quechua)
Russian: манио́к (ru) m (maniók), манио́ка (ru) f (manióka), манио́т (ru) m (maniót)
Rwanda-Rundi: inyumbati
Soninke: bantara
Spanish: mandioca (es) f, yuca (es) f
Sundanese: ᮞᮙ᮪ᮕᮩ (sampeu)
Swahili: muhogo
Tagalog: kamoteng-kahoy, balinghoy
Tahitian: māniota
Tamil: மரவள்ளி (ta) (maravaḷḷi)
Tariana: káini
Taíno: caçabi
Tetum: ai-farina
Thai: มันสำปะหลัง (th)
Tongan: mānioke
Trumai: ole
Vietnamese: sắn (vi), khoai mì
Waray-Waray: bilanghoy, balinghoy, lagikway
Wolof: pulloox
Yoruba: ẹ̀gẹ́
Zhuang: moegsawz, maenzfaex

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Afrikaans: maniok
Bambara: bananku
Czech: maniok
Danish: maniok
Fijian: tapioka (fj)
Guaraní: mandio
Gujarati: mogho (mogho)
Haitian Creole: manyok
Ilocano: tugi
Indonesian: singkong (id), ubi kayu (id)
Interlingua: cassava
Kannada: mara genasu (mara genasu)
Luganda: muwogo
Malay: singkong, ubi kayu
Malayalam: kappa (kappa), maracheeni (maracheeni)
Rotuman: maniok
Sinhalese: mannyokka (mannyokka)
Swedish: kassava, maniok (sv)
Tagalog: balinghoy
Tamil: maravalli kilangu (maravalli kilangu), kuchivalli kilangu (kuchivalli kilangu)
Thai: มันสำปะหลัง (th)
Tulu: mara kereng

References

Cassava on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Manihot esculenta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “cassava”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Italian

Verb

cassava

third-person singular imperfect indicative of cassare

Portuguese

Verb

cassava

first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of cassar

[1] Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “cassava”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.