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pamonha

pamonha noun: 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.

pamonha: a traditional Brazilian food, a dumpling made from sweetcorn and milk boiled wrapped in the husk,...
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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.

Forms of pamonha

pluralpamonhas

Origin of pamonha

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pamonha. From Old Tupi pa'muña (“sticky”).

Questions about pamonha

What does pamonha mean?
Pamonha means 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.
What part of speech is pamonha?
Pamonha is a noun.
What is the plural of pamonha?
The plural of pamonha is pamonhas.

Words near pamonha in the dictionary

  1. pamoate
  2. pamoates
  3. pamoic
  4. pamoic acid
  5. Pamona
  6. pamonha
  7. pamonhas
  8. pamp
  9. pampa
  10. Pampanga
  11. Pampangan

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