gofio

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gofio, from Guanche.

Noun

gofio (uncountable)

  1. (cooking, Canary Islands) Flour made from roasted grains or other starchy plants.

Spanish
FWOTD – 16 May 2016

Alternative forms
  • goffio

Etymology

From Guanche ⴳⵓⴼⵉⵓ (*gŭfūw, “heap”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡo.fjo]

Noun

gofio m (uncountable)

  1. (cooking, Canary Islands) gofio (flour made from roasted grains)
    • 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.

Synonyms
  • (gofio): harina tostada, ñaco

References
  1. Fondo de Cultura Ínsuloamaziq (2012), “gofio”, in Diccionario ínsuloamaziq‎, archived from the original on 5 October 2015, retrieved January 8, 2016
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