panocha

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See also: Panocha

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish panocha.

Noun

panocha (countable and uncountable, plural panochas)

  1. coarse Mexican brown sugar

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈnot͡ʃa/, [paˈno.t͡ɕa]
  • Rhymes: -ot͡ʃa
  • Hyphenation: pa‧no‧cha

Noun

panocha f (plural panoches)

  1. Alternative form of panoya

Spanish

Etymology

Likely from a Mozarabic derivative of a Vulgar Latin *pannucea or *pānucea, based either on Latin pannus (cloth) or pānus (ear of millet). Despite being heavily associated with panoja, not a straightforward doublet of it.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈnot͡ʃa/ [paˈno.t͡ʃa]
  • Rhymes: -otʃa
  • Syllabification: pa‧no‧cha

Noun

panocha f (plural panochas)

  1. corncob
    Synonyms: mazorca, elote
  2. ear of grain
  3. (botany) panicle
  4. (Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile) pancake made of cornmeal and cheese
  5. (Mexico) coarse brown sugar
  6. (vulgar, Cuba, Central America, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela) pussy (vagina)

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “panoja”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 371

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