Casavi

/kəˈsɑːvi/ noun

Definition

Another spelling variant of cassava, the starchy tropical root plant.

Etymology

Portuguese form closer to the original Taino casabi, used particularly in Lusophone regions.

Kelly Says

This variant shows how Portugal's colonial routes through Brazil created their own version of the word—Portuguese traders encountered cassava independently and kept a spelling closer to the indigenous original.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
Kasselva
kasa-va
ARالعربية
كاسافي
kasa-fi
BNবাংলা
কাসাভা
kasa-va
CACatalà
cassava
kasa-va
CSČeština
kassava
kasa-va
DADansk
cassava
kasa-va
DEDeutsch
Casavi
kasa-vi
ELΕλληνικά
κασάβα
kasa-va
ESEspañol
casavi
kasa-vi
FAفارسی
کاساوا
kasa-va
FISuomi
kasava
kasa-va
FRFrançais
casavi
kasa-vi
GUGU
કાસાવા
kasa-va
HAHA
kasafa
kasa-fa
HEעברית
קאסבה
kasa-va
HIहिन्दी
कसावा
kasa-va
HUMagyar
kaszava
kasa-va
IDBahasa Indonesia
singkong
sing-kong
IGIG
cassava
kasa-va
ITItaliano
casavi
kasa-vi
JA日本語
カサヴィ
kasa-vi
KKKK
kasaava
kasa-va
KMKM
កាសាវ៉ា
kasa-va
KO한국어
카사비
kasa-vi
MRMR
कसावा
kasa-va
MSBahasa Melayu
cassava
kasa-va
MYမြန်မာ
ကာဆာဗာ
ka-sa-ba
NLNederlands
cassavi
kasa-vi
NONorsk
cassava
kasa-va
PAPA
ਕਾਸਾਵਾ
kasa-va
PLPolski
kasawa
kasa-va
PTPortuguês
casavi
kasa-vi
RORomână
casava
kasa-va
RUРусский
Касави
kasa-vi
SVSvenska
cassava
kasa-va
SWKiswahili
cassava
kasa-va
TAதமிழ்
காசவா
ka-sa-va
TEతెలుగు
కసావ
kasa-va
THไทย
มันสำปะหลัง
man sam-pa-lang
TLTL
cassava
kasa-va
TRTürkçe
kasavi
kasa-vi
UKУкраїнська
касава
kasa-va
URاردو
کاساوا
kasa-va
VITiếng Việt
cà rốt
ka-rot
YOYO
kasava
kasa-va
ZH中文
木薯
mùshǔ
ZUZU
ikhasava
i-ka-sa-va

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