chufa

See also: chufá, chūfā, and chǔfá

English

Chufa

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chufa, from Latin cyphi (gallingale perfume).

Noun

chufa (plural chufas)

  1. Cyperus esculentus, a species of sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edible tubers.

Synonyms

  • chufa sedge, yellow nutsedge, tigernut sedge, earthalmond

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese chufa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Back-formation from chufar (to brag).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃufa̝/

Noun

chufa m (plural chufas)

  1. mockery; joke; witty
  2. flattery, praise

References

  • chufa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • chufa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • chufa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • chufa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • chufa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. chufa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cyphi (gallingale perfume).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃufa/

Noun

chufa f (plural chufas)

  1. chufa
  2. edible tuber of that plant, tiger nut

Synonyms

Verb

chufa

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of chufar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of chufar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of chufar.
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