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pamonha

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pa-mon-ha
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Brazilian food, a dumpling made from sweetcorn and milk boiled wrapped in the husk, sometimes with a sweet or savoury filling; associated with festa junina winter celebrations.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pamonha. From Old Tupi pa'muña (“sticky”).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: pamonha, pa'muña

Usage

Inflected Forms

pamonhas (plural)

Questions

What does pamonha mean?
A traditional Brazilian food, a dumpling made from sweetcorn and milk boiled wrapped in the husk, sometimes with a sweet or savoury filling; associated with festa junina winter celebrations.
Where does pamonha come from?
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pamonha. From Old Tupi pa'muña (“sticky”).

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