quinua

English

Noun

quinua (uncountable)

1. Dated form of quinoa.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• quinoa, quínoa

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua kinwa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkinwa/ [ˈki.nwa]
• Rhymes: -inwa
• Syllabification: qui‧nua

Noun

quinua f (plural quinuas)

1. quinoa

Descendants

• → Catalan: quinoa
• → English: quinoa
  • → Welsh: cwinoa
  • → Korean: 퀴노아 (kwinoa)
• → Dutch: quinoa
• → French: quinoa
• → German: Quinoa
• → Italian: quinoa
• → Portuguese: quinoa

Further reading

• “quinua”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28