quenepa

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish quenepabor.

English quenepa

Borrowed from Spanish quenepa.

Noun

quenepa (plural quenepas)

1. The mamoncillo.

Spanish

Etymology

Probably from Taíno [Term?] or more generally an Arawak language (compare with Kari'na kenepa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keˈnepa/ [keˈne.pa]
• Rhymes: -epa
• Syllabification: que‧ne‧pa

Noun

quenepa f (plural quenepas)

1. mamoncillo

References

• Rosanna Masiola; Renato Tomei (2016), Descriptions, Translations and the Caribbean: From Fruits to Rastafarians‎^[1], Springer International Publishing, →ISBN, pages 56–57
• Van ’t Klooster, C.I.E.A.; Lindeman, J.C.; Jansen-Jacobs, M. (2003), “Vernacular plant names of Suriname”, in Blumea‎^[2], volume 15, Leiden: Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, page 136