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A Malayalam and English Dictionary — māṅṅa
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Hermann Gundert
- YEAR
- 1872
- PUBLISHER
- C. Stolz · Trübner & Co. · Columbia University Libraries digital copy
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
CONTRARIAN TRUTH CLAIMS
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A supermarket word carries an Indian Ocean contact history.
English mango came through Portuguese manga, probably from Malayalam māṅṅa.
മാങ്ങ → manga → mango
entry മാങ്ങ / māṅṅaIndependently attests the Malayalam form.
SCHOLARLY DISAGREEMENT
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Is Malayalam the certain ultimate source of mango?
Portuguese manga is the secure immediate source; Malayalam māṅṅa is probable, not absolute, and no deeper Dravidian reconstruction is promoted in this review.
entry മാങ്ങ / māṅṅaConfirms the attested Malayalam match.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS
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manga → മാങ്ങ
Portuguese → Malayalam · proposed borrowing
- SOUND
- Portuguese manga closely reflects Malayalam māṅṅa; the nasal and final vowel were accommodated in Portuguese spelling.
- MEANING
- The mango-fruit referent remained stable.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · Hermann Gundert
entry മാങ്ങ / māṅṅaIndependently attests the Malayalam fruit word.
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Malayalam-speaking southwestern India
Attests the Malayalam fruit word.
entry മാങ്ങ / māṅṅa · regionalNON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
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