English Explanatory Dictionary

mogo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. cassava
name
  1. A locality in the Eurobodalla council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  2. A locality in the Mid-Western council area and the Upper Hunter council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Word forms

mogo

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *mani Proto-Tupian *ʔekʷ Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔok Proto-Tupi-Guarani *maniʔok Old Tupi mandi'okabor. Portuguese mandiocader.? Omani Arabic مْهوجه (mhōgo)bor. Swahili muhogoder. English mogo Derived from Swahili muhogo, borrowed from Omani Arabic مْهوجه (mhōgo), possibly from Portuguese mandioca, borrowed from Old Tupi mandi'oka, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *maniʔok, from Proto-Tupian *mani (“cassava”) + Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔok (“tuber”).

Derived words

Mogo Creek
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