tania
noun
tan·ia
variants or tanier or tannia or tannier or tanya or less commonly tanyah
ˈtanēə(r),
-nyə(r)
plural -s
: any of several aroids having edible farinaceous roots: such as
a
: taro sense 1
b
: yautia sense a
Word History
Etymology
French tannie, perhaps modification (influenced by tanaisie tansy, from Old French tanesie) of a word of Arawakan, Cariban, or Tupian origin; akin to Arawak taya taro, Calinago táia, Tupi taiá