mais
Cebuano
noun
Definitions
- maize; a grain crop of the species Zea mays; corn
- the grain from this plant
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian maíz (corn) derived from Taino *mahis derived from Proto-Arawakan *marikɨ.
Origin
Proto-Arawakan
*marikɨ
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Maizena English
- maize English
- Mais German
- mais Italian
- mais Dutch, Flemish
- маис Russian
- maizal Spanish, Castilian
- maíz Spanish, Castilian
- majs Swedish
- bugas Cebuano
- bugas mais Cebuano
- maisan Cebuano
- mais Faroese
- mais Tagalog
- maishi Papiamentu
- mais Bikol Central
- mais Hiligaynon
- mais Karao
- mais Waray-Waray
- *mahis Taino
- mahís Taino
- maisí Taino
- maays Cahuilla
- mais Cuyunon
- *marikɨ Proto-Arawakan