ahoren

Guanche

Etymology

From Proto-Berber *a-βV̆rn. See Tashelhit ⴰⴳⴳⵯⵔⵏ (aggʷrn, “flour”), Kabyle awrn (“flour”).

Noun

ahoren

1. (Tenerife) roasted barley flour

   Synonym: (Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote dialect) gorio (“roasted barley flour”)

   • 1772, José de Viera y Clavijo, Noticias de la historia general de las Islas de Canaria, page 131:

     Ahoren. Harina de cebada tostada.

     Ahoren. Roasted barley flour.

See also

• tamosen (“barley”)

References

• Blench, Roger. "The peopling of the Canaries: new data and new hypotheses" (PDF).