moixama

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُشَمَّع (mušammaʕ, “waxed; like wax; mummified”), from شَمْع (šamʕ, “wax”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [muˈʃa.mə]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [moˈʃa.mə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [mojˈʃa.ma]

Noun

moixama f (plural moixames)

mojama (salt-cured tuna)

Further reading

“moixama” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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