fariña

See also: farina, fariñes, and fãrinã

Asturian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin farīna (“flour, meal”), from far (“kind of grain”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈɾiɲa/, [faˈɾi.ɲa]

Noun

fariña f (uncountable)

  1. flour
  • fariñentu
  • fariñosu

Fala

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese farinha, from Latin farīna. Cognate with Portuguese farinha, Galician and Asturian fariña, Spanish harina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈɾiɲa/

Noun

fariña f (plural fariñas)

  1. flour

References

  • Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎, 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Galician

Fariña

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese farinna, farinha, from Latin farīna (“flour, meal”). Cognate with Portuguese farinha, Fala and Asturian fariña, Spanish harina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈɾiɲa̝/

Noun

fariña f (plural fariñas)

  1. flour
    Uns bolos tan grandes como un pan de mesto , que eran de fariña de trigo escolleito.
    Some cakes as big as a bread of mesto, which were made of selected wheat flour.
  2. (informal, slang) blow, snow (cocaine)
    Synonyms: coca, cocaína
  • farináceo
  • fariña centea (“rye flour”)
  • fariña milla (“cornmeal”)
  • fariña triga (“wheat flour”)
  • fariñento

References

  • “farinna” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “fariña” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “fariña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “fariña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “fariña” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

Sense 2 seems to be a borrowing from Portuguese farinha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faˈɾiɲa/ [faˈɾi.ɲa]
  • Rhymes: -iɲa
  • Syllabification: fa‧ri‧ña

Noun

fariña f (plural fariñas)

  1. Obsolete form of harina.
  2. (South America) a type of thick mandioca flour

Further reading

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