different between earthalmond vs chufa

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish chufa, possibly from Latin c?phi (“gallingale perfume”), from Ancient Greek ???? (kûphi, “a kind of Egyptian incense”), from Egyptian k?pt (“incense”), a nominal derivative of k?p (“to cense”).

Noun

chufa (countable and uncountable, plural chufas)

1. Cyperus esculentus, a species of sedge native to warm temperate to subtropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere having small edible tubers (tiger nuts).
   • 2001, Clifford A. Wright, Mediterranean Vegetables, Harvard Common Press (?ISBN), page 119:

     Chufa is most popular in two places in the Mediterranean, Spain and Egypt (especially around Damietta). In Spain, especially in the region of Valencia, chufa is used to make a drink called horchata.

Synonyms

• chufa sedge, yellow nutsedge, tigernut sedge, earthalmond

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• fauch

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??ufa?/

Noun

chufa m (plural chufas)

1. mockery; joke; witty
2. flattery, praise
3. boast, brag

References

• “chufa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “chufa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “chufa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “chufa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “chufa” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??ufa/, [?t??u.fa]

Etymology 1

Not completely certain. Suggested from Latin c?phi (“gallingale perfume”), but the continuity of this word is doubtful. Perhaps instead the same word as trufa.

Noun

chufa f (plural chufas)

1. chufa

   Synonyms: cuca, alcatufa

2. tiger nut (edible tuber of that plant)

Descendants

• ? English: chufa

Etymology 2

Noun

chufa f (plural chufas)

1. (colloquial) slap in the face

   Synonyms: bofetada, tortazo

2. (archaic, colloquial) lie

   Synonyms: burla, mofa, mentira

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

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.

Further reading

• “chufa” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.