nhamandakaru

== Old Tupi == === Alternative forms === îamakaru, îaramakaru === Noun === nhamandakaru (unpossessable) cactus. Further details are uncertain. Possibilities include: mandacaru (Cereus jamacaru) ==== Descendants ==== Nheengatu: mandakarú → Brazilian Portuguese: mandacaru, jamacaru, mandacarú (misspelling)→ English: mandacaru→ Spanish: mandacaru === References === anonymous author (1622), “Cardo dos figos”, in Vocabulario na lingoa Braſilica (overall work in Portuguese), Piratininga; republished as Carlos Drummond, editor, Vocabulário na Língua Brasílica, 2nd edition, volume 1, São Paulo: USP, 1953, page 67: “Nhamãdacarû [Nhamandakaru]” === Further reading === Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “îamakaru”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 157, column 1