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nictamal

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hominy

English

Etymology

First recorded in 1629. From Powhatan ("Virginia Algonquian"), though the exact source word is in question: suggestions include uskatahomen, appuminnéonash (“parched corn”), and rokohamin (“parched, ground corn”), the last yielding also the unclipped rockahominy.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?h?m?ni/
Homophone: harmony (god-guard merger and weak vowel merger)

Noun

hominy (usually uncountable, plural hominies)

A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits.
Synonym: nixtamal

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