chufa

See also: chufá, chūfā, and chǔfá

English

Chufa

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chufa, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cyphi (“gallingale perfume”).

Noun

chufa (plural chufas)

1. Cyperus esculentus, a species of sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edible tubers.

Synonyms

• chufa sedge, yellow nutsedge, tigernut sedge, earthalmond

Translations

Cyperus esculentus

• Catalan: xufa f, xufla f
• Finnish: maakastanja, maamanteli
• Hungarian: mandulafű, kávégyökér
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Romanian: migdală-de-pământ f
• Spanish: chufa (es) f, cuca (es) f

References

• Cyperus esculentus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cyperus esculentus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cyperus esculentus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• fauch

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese chufa (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Back-formation from chufar (“to brag”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃufa̝/

Noun

chufa m (plural chufas)

1. mockery; joke; witty
2. flattery, praise

References

• Template:R:DDGM
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “chufa”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Template:R:DDLG
• Template:R:TILG
• “chufa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cyphi (“gallingale perfume”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃufa/ [ˈt͡ʃu.fa]

Noun

chufa f (plural chufas)

1. chufa
2. edible tuber of that plant, tiger nut

Synonyms

• cuca
• alcatufa

Verb

chufa

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of chufar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of chufar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of chufar.