hominy

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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.

Έννοιες

χονδροκομένος αραβόσιτος

άσπερμο καλαμπόκι

Συνώνυμα

polenta

pearl hominy

Μεταφράσεις

دقيق الذّرة الصّفراء

Maismehl

maïs concassé et bouilli

hominy

polenta

milho descascado

mısır lapası

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈhɒmɪni/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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.