pamonha

English
pamonha

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

Etymology

Two possibilities borrowed from Old Tupi:

  • From pomong (“sticky”).[1][2][3]
  • From apamimõîa (“totally cooked”).[4]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /paˈmõ.ɲɐ/ [paˈmõ.j̃ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /paˈmo.ɲa/

  • Rhymes: -õɲɐ, -oɲɐ
  • Hyphenation: pa‧mo‧nha

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 […]
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References
  1. “pamonha” in iDicionário Aulete.
  2. “pamonha” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  3. “pamonha” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
  4. Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “(e)mimõîa”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 100, column 1
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