quinua

English

Noun

quinua (uncountable)

1. Dated form of quinoa.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• quinoa, quínoa

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua kinwa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkinwa/ [ˈki.nwa]
• Rhymes: -inwa
• Syllabification: qui‧nua

Noun

quinua f (plural quinuas)

1. quinoa

Descendants

• → English: quinoa

Further reading

• “quinua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014