fariña

See also: farina, fariñes, and fãrinã

Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin farīna (flour, meal), from far (kind of grain).

Noun

fariña f (uncountable)

  1. flour
  • fariñentu
  • fariñosu

Galician

Fariña

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Galician-Portuguese / Old Portuguese farỹa, farinna, from Latin farīna (flour, meal). Cognate with Portuguese farinha, Asturian fariña, Spanish harina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈɾiɲa̝/

Noun

fariña f (plural fariñas)

  1. flour
  2. (informal, slang) blow, snow (cocaine)
    Synonyms: coca, cocaína
  • farináceo
  • fariña centea (rye floor)
  • fariña milla (cornmeal)
  • fariña triga (wheat floor)
  • fariñento

References

  • farina” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • fariña” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • fariña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • fariña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • fariña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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