tomaca

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tomate, from Classical Nahuatl tomatl, influenced by pataca, a variant of patata (“potato”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tuˈma.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [toˈma.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [toˈma.ka]

• Audio (Valencia):

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• Rhymes: -aka
• Hyphenation: to‧ma‧ca

Noun

tomaca f (plural tomaques)

1. Alternative form of tomàquet

Descendants

• → Spanish: tumaca

Further reading

• “tomaca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.