cernada

Meaning

1. (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, feminine) an alkaline solution (often made with lye or lime) in which maize grains have been cooked during nixtamalization; remaining liquid after nixtamalization
2. (feminine, rare) insoluble ash residue that remains after lye has been used for washing clothes

Synonyms

lejía

Hyphenated as

cer‧na‧da

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θeɾˈnada/

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cinerata, from Latin cinis (“cold ashes”). Cognate with Galician cernada, Galician cenrada, Portuguese cenrada, Italian cenerata