hominy

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Sinonieme

polenta

pearl hominy

Vertalings

دقيق الذّرة الصّفراء

Maismehl

χονδροκομένος αραβόσιτος

άσπερμο καλαμπόκι

maïs concassé et bouilli

hominy

polenta

milho descascado

mısır lapası

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈhɒmɪni/

Etimologie (Engels)

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.