mojama

From Spanish mojama, from Andalusian Arabic المُوسَامِمَا‎ (“like mummified flesh”), from Arabic مُوسَامِمَا‎ (mūsāmimā, “of wax”).

mojama (uncountable)

1. A dish consisting of filleted salt-cured tuna.

• almojama (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /moˈxama/

From earlier almojama, from Andalusian Arabic المُوسَامِمَا‎ (“like mummified flesh”), from Arabic مُوسَامِمَا‎ (mūsāmimā, “of wax”).

mojama f (plural mojamas)

1. mojama

• amojamar

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