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panocha

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish panocha.

Noun

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panocha (countable and uncountable, plural panochas)

  1. coarse Mexican brown sugar

Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈnot͡ʃa/, [paˈno.t͡ɕa]
  • Rhymes: -ot͡ʃa
  • Hyphenation: pa‧no‧cha

Noun

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panocha f (plural panoches)

  1. Alternative form of panoya

Spanish

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Etymology

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Likely from a Mozarabic derivative of a Vulgar Latin *pannucea or *pānucea, based either on Latin pannus (cloth) or pānus (ear of millet). Despite being heavily associated with panoja, not a straightforward doublet of it.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈnot͡ʃa/ [paˈno.t͡ʃa]
  • Rhymes: -otʃa
  • Syllabification: pa‧no‧cha

Noun

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panocha f (plural panochas)

  1. corncob
    Synonyms: mazorca, elote
  2. ear of grain
  3. (botany) panicle
  4. (Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile) pancake made of cornmeal and cheese
  5. (Mexico) coarse brown sugar
  6. (vulgar, Cuba, Central America, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela) pussy (vagina)

References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “panoja”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 371

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