pamonha

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English

pamonha
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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

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Etymology

Two possibilities borrowed from Old Tupi:

Pronunciation

 

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)

References

  1. ^ “pamonha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
  2. ^ “pamonha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  3. ^ “pamonha”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
  4. ^ Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “(e)mimõîa”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 100, column 1
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