panocha
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish panocha.
Noun edit
panocha (countable and uncountable, plural panochas)
Asturian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
panocha f (plural panoches)
- Alternative form of panoya
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
panocha f (plural panochas)
- corncob
- ear of grain
- (botany) panicle
- (Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile) pancake made of cornmeal and cheese
- (Mexico) coarse brown sugar
- (vulgar, Cuba, Central America, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela) pussy (vagina)
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “panoja”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 371
Further reading edit
- “panocho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014