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humita

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hu-mi-ta
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional food of South America, consisting of masa harina dough and corn slowly cooked in oil.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish humita, from Quechua humint'a.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: humita, humint'a

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

humitas (plural)

Questions

What does humita mean?
A traditional food of South America, consisting of masa harina dough and corn slowly cooked in oil.
Where does humita come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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