pamonha

English

pamonha

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pamonha. From Old Tupi pa'muña (“sticky”).

Noun

pamonha (countable and uncountable, plural pamonhas)

1. A traditional Brazilian food, a dumpling made from sweetcorn and milk boiled wrapped in the husk, sometimes with a sweet or savoury filling; associated with festa junina winter celebrations.

Portuguese

Etymology

Two possibilities borrowed from Old Tupi:

• From pomong (“sticky”).
• From apamimõîa (“totally cooked”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈmõ.ɲɐ/ [paˈmõ.j̃ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈmõ.ɲɐ/ [paˈmõ.j̃ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈmo.ɲa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈmo.ɲɐ/

• Rhymes: -õɲɐ, -oɲɐ
• Hyphenation: pa‧mo‧nha

Noun

pamonha f (plural pamonhas)

1. (Brazil) pamonha

Noun

pamonha m or f by sense (plural pamonhas)

1. (Brazil, colloquial, derogatory) fool

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiota

2. (Brazil, colloquial, derogatory) lazy

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:preguiçoso

   • 1946, João Guimarães Rosa, “Sarapalha”, in Sagarana, 1 edition, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Universal:

     Agora, ela havia de se lembrar, achando que era um pamonha, um homem sem decisão […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)