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gofio

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish gofio, from Guanche [Term?].

Noun

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gofio (uncountable)

  1. (cooking) Flour made from roasted grains or other starchy plants, a staple in the Canary Islands.
    Coordinate term: tsamba

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Spanish

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FWOTD – 16 May 2016
 
Gofio flour with bread

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Guanche [Term?].

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡofjo/ [ˈɡo.fjo]
  • Rhymes: -ofjo
  • Syllabification: go‧fio

Noun

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gofio m (uncountable)

  1. (cooking, Canary Islands) gofio (flour made from roasted grains)
    Synonyms: harina tostada, ñaco
    • 2006, Fernando Carnero Lorenzo, Juan Sebastián Nuez Yánez, Canarias-Uruguay-Canarias: el papel de los emigrantes canarios en el tejido empresarial de Canarias y Uruguay, Ediciones IDEA, →ISBN, page 232:
      Me crié en la tahona, antes no se tomaba ni café ni cocoa, cuando llegaba de la escuela lo primero que hacía era agarrar una tacita y comerme el gofio seco, una taza de leche con gofio y azúcar, esa era la merienda de todos los niños.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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gofio

  1. Soft mutation of cofio (“to remember”).

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cofio gofio nghofio chofio
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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